'All states should designate nodal authorities and develop standard protocols for receiving and sending stranded people,' Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla told states New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry provided major relief to stranded migrant labourers, tourists and students with fresh orders to states, permitting the inter-state movement of all stranded people in the country.
While the ministry had, earlier this month, paved the way for migrant workers to return to their place of work in cities, given they do not show any symptoms of coronavirus, it has now allowed all stranded people to return to their home towns after undergoing a strict medical screening at the source and the destination cities. "Due to lockdown migrant workers,