Migrants at state border: MP official faults Maha methods

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Press Trust of India Barwani (MP)
Last Updated : May 15 2020 | 7:06 PM IST

Amid stray incidents of
On a visit to the area on Friday, Indore Divisional Commissioner Akash Tripathi said, "We are making efforts at the state level so that Maharashtra can be told to send these migrants directly to their destinations in UP and Bihar by trains. Besides, Maharashtra should send them in limited numbers so that we can handle them properly."
Queried on whether it was MP's responsibility to transfer the migrant workers being brought to the state border by Maharashtra in buses, he said, "Maharashtra should not do this. This is not our responsibility. Maharashtra is also leaving them in the wrong places."


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First Published: May 15 2020 | 7:06 PM IST

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