NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Sunday paved the way for migrant workers and labours to return to their place of work in cities, given they do not show any symptoms of coronavirus.
Though migrants will be allowed to return to their places of work in cities, which are non-containment zones, state borders will remain closed for any movement.
The government's decision comes in the wake of thousands of workers being stranded across the country, along state border lines, since the national lockdown was imposed on 25 March.
The government had first imposed a nationwide lockdown for 21 days till 14 April, and then extended it to 3 May in the wake of rising number of covid-19 cases in the country.