Pune: Hundreds find online process very tedious

Nisha Nambiar | TNN | May 3, 2020, 10:29 IST

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PUNE: The online application process for heading back home has hit several migrant workers hard.
“Hamein yeah(online application) kuchh samajh nahin aa raha hain(We can’t understand the process),” says Premkumar from Agra, stranded with 24 others in Wagholi.
The migrant workers also have to post their medical certificates from flu clinics online.
Nearly 40,000 workers are stuck at various shelter camps and construction sites in the district. They have demanded that they should be allowed to submit hard copies of applications to the police station concerned.
Pune collector Naval Kishore Ram said the online process was initiated to avoid crowding at police stations or tehsil offices. “We have started helplines. Also, we shall have kiosks at police stations,” he said.
Deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) Swapna Gore told TOI, “People had gathered at Haveli and Pune city tehsil offices after visiting district collector’s office. After we explained them the procedure in details, they went back.”
(With inputs from Gitesh Shelke)