UPSRTC buses for stranded and walking migrants

LUCKNOW: The UP State Road Transport Corporation has provided buses in various districts, on written request from the DMs concerned, to drop migrants -- who are walking or stranded -- to their destinations. The buses have been made available at the pick-up points on district borders.
As per the arrangement, migrants entering the district are first taken to shelter homes by the district administration through these buses.
“In another arrangement, we have directed our drivers and conductors that while coming back after dropping migrants to their destination, when you see other migrants walking on foot, make them board empty buses and drop them at pick up points on district borders,” said UPSRTC MD Raj Shekhar.
“That way, we will save them from walking some extra kilometres,” said the official. The district administration team at pick up points will further help migrants reach their homes. The buses would drop those walking on foot closest to the district they are heading.