Provide counselling to migrants: Centre to states

A migrant labourer with his family sit on the side of a road. (Express Photo: Gajendra Yadav)

With the lockdown set to be extended for two more weeks and angry migrant workers resorting to violent agitations, the Centre has asked states to provide them with psychological counselling. COVID-19 LIVE updates

Reminding the states about the Supreme Court’s directions, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a letter that they are supposed to take care of the medical and psychological needs of the migrant workers along with food and shelter requirements.

“The court directed that adequate medical facilities besides proper arrangements for food, clean drinking water and sanitation be ensured for migrant workers at relief camps/shelters across the country. Further, trained counsellors and/ or community group leaders belonging to all faiths should visit the relief camps/ shelter homes and deal with any consternation that the migrants might be going through,” the letter said.