Those registered will be sent back home: Ahmedabad collector

AHMEDABAD: Even as thousands of migrant workers have been getting themselves registered everyday to return back to their respective states, Ahmedabad collector K K Nirala has asked the workers to have patience and maintain restraint, as everybody who has registered will be sent back home.
The collector said that the registration of workers is just one part of the exercise to ensure that workers are sent back. The process of getting workers to board trains back to their respective states includes seeking approval of the receiving state, allotting trains and ensuring that all the passengers are medically screened before they board the trains.
Until Saturday, 36 trains had left from Ahmedabad district carrying 43,517 passengers back to a number of states in north and east India. Officials from the collectorate said that 15 more trains, carrying about 18,000 passengers were expected to leave on Sunday alone. “With this, over 60,000 migrant workers from Ahmedabad district have left for their respective states in over 50 trains.”
Nirala appealed to people not to leave their homes and gather at government offices to get themselves registered for travelling back to their respective states. He added that apart from two helplines – 18002339008 and 079-26440626, a specified form has been made available on the digital platform as well. “Workers have to exercise restraint and be patient. Every migrant worker who has registered for travel back home will be taken back,” the collector assured.