: Railways’ monumental mess-ups are another sign of Centre’s tragic mishandling of the migrant crisis #IndiaNEWS “Everything about the Indian government’s policy towards the country’s large,

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Railways’ monumental mess-ups are another sign of Centre’s tragic mishandling of the migrant crisis #IndiaNEWS
“Everything about the Indian government’s policy towards the country’s large, vulnerable population of migrant workers has been a mess,� we wrote at the beginning of the month. As India approaches the end of Lockdown 4.0, this unfortunately still holds true. The current phase of the tragic botch-up is even more baffling. There is no doubt that the question of whether large-scale movement should have been allowed from urban areas to rural ones and from rich, better-equipped states to poorer ones was complicated, even if the Centre resolutely ignored compassion as a consideration in its decision-making process. But on April 29, it decided to permit the operation of trains to take stranded migrant workers back home. By April 29, after more than a month of lockdown, the government had plenty of time to figure out what to do about the migrant workers who wanted to go home, a concern that had become apparent from even before lockdown was announced. Instead, the result was chaos. There was a convoluted procedure for those who hoped to register for trains. No one was given clear information The Centre at first did not want to be involved in the operation or pay for the tickets, leaving it to states to coordinate between themselves....Read more

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