Chandigarh 18 May 2020: VeteranTrade Unionist M M Singh Cheema has appealed to Prime Minister of India Mr.Narendra Modi to take firm steps to resolve the issue of lakhs of Migrant Families walking on roads under extreme conditions alongwith families and small kids under inclement weather conditions and ruthless government machinery and at certain places insensitive administration which is also working under ambiguous administrative directions seriously marked by petty political consifderations.
Reports in print and electronic media are disturbing and inhuman as instructions widely propagated of seamless transfer and transport of these ill fated migrants by Govt. of India are faar away from ground level realities.
Vested interests are at play to disturb the harmony by planting influenced reports and tarnishing the images of good performers particularly Corona Warriers thyat all due to lack of sensitivity at the central level in execution.
As per my information , various stakeholders involved in fighting Covid 19 Govt of Punjab has raised new benchmarks in taking care of Affected migrants and providing them shelters and food apart from as per directions of UPA Chairperson Smt.Sonia Gandhi ji of transporting the willing Migrants to their destinations by paying the Railway transport charges,more than 75000 units of dry ration is being distributed and more than 2lakh units of coocked food is being distributed to needy through State Government,State Disaster Relif Fund and various NGOs on Daily Basis apart from various Village and Mohalla level langars being arranged by Punjabi Community.
This clearly remindes the memories of lakhs of people migrating from Pakistan during tragic partition afoot alongwith kids and families in dark hours,it is very inhuman , people in their own country are dying of Hunger when storage of foodgrain is overflowing and Trains and Transport structure is lying ideal in yards and millions are in despair on roads.It is high time to stop this mass travel for survival while jeopardising everybody,this will be remembered with great anguish by future generations if Government of the day does not act swiftly apart from pompous propaganda in Public domain.