Home minister Anil Deshmukh said, “Stranded migrants, students, pilgrims, and other people will be allowed to travel inter-district by seeking written permission in due format”.
The notification has given powers to district collectors and the director of the disaster management unit to grant permissions to all those stranded in the state to travel outside the respective districts, where they are currently stranded by following the guidelines, related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Several migrants have been left in the lurch since March in cities such as Mumbai, Thane, and Pune, after the nation-wide lockdown came into effect.
Kishoreraje Nimbalkar, secretary, relief and rehabilitation said that permissions would be granted by collectors if any individual or family approaches or writes to him/her, only if he/she finds the reasons stated satisfactorily.
The notification will also pave way for the traveling of more than 5.7 lakh migrant workers who have been staying in the shelters camps across the state. “We will give them the permissions, but the responsibility of arranging the transportation will not be taken,” said an official from the state government.