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Meeting of Congress Coordination Committee on Migrants under the chairmanship of MP Tewari

The Coordination Committee meeting of Mohali and Rupnagar districts formed by State President Sunil Jakhar on the guidelines of Congress President Sonia Gandhi to help migrant laborers migrating their homes amid the lockdown implemented in view of Corona infection was held today.The co-ordinator of this meeting, which was conducted through video conferencing under the chairmanship of Shri Anandpur Sahib MP and Committee Chairman Manish Tewari, was Punjab Congress Office Incharge General Secretary Captain Sandeep Sandhu.Addressing the meeting, MP Tewari said that good arrangements have been made by the Punjab government under the leadership of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to get the migrant laborers to their homes.

But with some other changes, the convenience of migrants can be increased.For this, migrants from Rupnagar and the surrounding areas can be brought to Mohali by buses and sent to the respective states in trains from there.He revealed that around 85,000 migrants in Mohali have applied to go home. He appealed to the migrants to come back soon and said that due to the efforts of the government, many industries have started functioning and conditions are improving. Tewari  said that, soon the committee will also meet the deputy commissioners of Rupnagar and Mohali regarding the problems of migrants.At the same time, other members also mentioned the difficulties faced by the migrants.
Many of them are leaving their homes on foot. The government should solve the problems faced by them.While Capt. Sandeep Sandhu said that the government is sending the migrants according to their sequence of applications filed, to the respective states by bringing them home by buses, screening and providing food, tickets, etc. on the basis of their turn. While the issues raised in the meeting ,will be forwarded to the High Command.Among others meeting was attended by Jagmohan Singh Kang Former Minister Pb, Deepinder singh Dhillon President DCC Mohali, Brinder Dhillon President Punjab Youth Congress, Pawan Dewan Chairman Punjab Large Industrial Development Board, Vijay Sharma Tinku Chairman Distt Planning Board Mohali, Yadavindra singh Kang  Sr Vice Chairmen Infotech, Kanwarbir Singh Sidhu President Distt Youth Congress Mohal, Sukhdev Singh Working  President INTUC and Devi Dayal Garg Industrialist.

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