Udupi opens online registration for one-time inter-state travel

TNN | May 2, 2020, 04:39 IST

Udupi/ Manglauru: While the Udupi district administration opened online registration for one-time movement of people inter-state, Dakshina Kannada district too began the process for the same.
In Udupi district, there are about 12,000 migrant labourers from different districts. Of them, 6,000 are willing to go back to their hometowns. The district administration has already sent 2,700 people to their hometowns, and 3,000 are yet to go back. On Friday, two buses were sent with 40 and 37 migrant labourers in them, to their native places. In different shelters in Kundapur, there were 600 labourers, of whom, 60 are yet to go back to their native places, said Kundapur assistant commissioner Raju K.
Udupi deputy commissioner G Jagadeesh said the district administration has received an order, and henceforth, stranded people who want to go home, have to pay for their tickets. “We will only arrange for the vehicles for those who are stranded in the district. This might stop people from going to their hometown unnecessarily. We have started construction work, and we will need workers here. From Saturday onwards, tourists, travellers, students, and others, can apply to travel inter-state, through our website https://udupi.nic.in. Once we get all the duly filled applications, nodal officials will contact the concerned state administrative official, and after getting consent from them, they will be sent back. It’s a long process and takes time,” he said.
Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh said the district will also act as per the government SOP. In fact, the district administration has already started the process of developing the registration option in its portal, she said.
Dakshina Kannada district minister Kota Shrinivas Poojari said that the district has been sending stranded migrant labourers to their hometowns, using KSRTC services. “There were more than 12,000 migrant labourers stranded in the district. Many are yet to be sent back. Meanwhile, more people are expected to return, once the one-time option to travel inter-state, is started for others,” he said.
KSRTC Mangaluru division has already sent 142 buses from Mangaluru, to transport migrant labourers, with an average of 20-25 passengers in each vehicle.