15 Haryana roadways buses ferry around 530 farm labourers to Uttar Pradesh

AMBALA: A total of 15 Haryana roadways buses ferried around 530 farm labourers and their family members to four districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) from Ambala Cantonment bus stand on Saturday. The workers had been stuck in Ambala district due to Covid-19 lockdown, told Ambala superintendent of police (SP) Abhishek Jorwal.
SP Jorwal said the four UP districts included Baghpat, Mathura, Saharanpur and Shamli. “These farm labourers were stuck in Ambala district since lockdown and they wanted to go back to their native states; therefore, the administration arranged for the buses,” he said.
On Friday, thousands of migrant labourers had marched towards Ambala from Punjab and some of them were pushed back towards Punjab, while some were given shelter in the city.
Ambala Cantonment bus stand in-charge Vijender Kumar told, “All 15 buses which left with labourers are from Ambala depot and they would be returning after dropping them in four districts of UP. All of them were screened before allowing to board the buses by the health teams and they were provided face masks, and food and fruits for the journey.”