KATHUA, MAY 18: In addition to facilitate smooth arrival and dispatch of returnees of UT of Jammu & Kashmir, the Lakhanpur Facilitation Centre is now also facilitating Labourers reaching Lakhanpur for onward journey to their native states.
Witnessing increased footfall of labourers from the last few days, the Lakhanpur Facilitation Centre has facilitated labourers in arranging Vehicle for onward regulated movement to their respective locations. The labourers reaching Lakhanpur mostly by foot have to undergo medical screening are permitted to go in buses with half of its seating capacity to maintain social distancing norms.
As per the data given by Lakhanpur Facilitation Centre, over 350 vehicles carrying 10817 labourers who were stuck in Jammu & Kashmir were dispatched to their home states.
Total 10817 labourers dispatched so far includes 4831 to Bihar, 3578 to Uttar Pardesh and 1116 Labourers to Madhya Pardesh, 246 Labourers to Delhi, 203 to Haryana, 145 to Uttrakhand, 99 to Himachal Pardesh, 85 to Jharkhand, 79 to Rajasthan, 57 to Punjab, 42 to Gujrat, 12 to Chandigarh and 7 Labourers were dispatched to West Bengal.