RTI DATA

Interim Order of Supreme Court 28-May-2020

1. No fare either by train or by bus shall be charged from any
migrant workers. The railway fare shall be shared by the States as
per their arrangement as submitted by the learned Solicitor General
and in no case any fare should be asked or charged from any migrant
workers by the States and the Railways.
2. The migrant workers who are stranded at different places in
the country shall be provided food free of cost by the concerned
States / Union Territories at different places which shall be
publicized and notified to them during the period they are waiting
for their turn to board the train or bus.
3. Initially, as stated by the learned Solicitor General, the
originating State shall provide water and meal and during the
journey, the railways shall provide meal and water to the migrant
workers and same facilities shall be extended when the migrant
workers are transported by bus. The State shall take care of
providing necessities water and meal during the period of
transportation either in the bus or in the camps on the way.
4. We further direct that the State shall simplify and speed up
the process of registration of migrant workers and also provide
help desk for registration at the places where they are stranded.
5. The State shall try to endeavour that after registration the
workers should be asked to board the train or bus at the earliest
and complete information should be publicized to all the concerned
regarding mode of transport.
6. We further direct that those migrant workers who are found
walking on the highways or roads shall be immediately taken care by
the concerned State / Union Territories and they shall be provided
the transport to the destination and all facilities including food
and water be provided to those found walking on the road.
7. The receiving State, after the migrant workers reach his
native place, shall provide transport, health screening and other
facilities free of cost.