COVID-19 crisis: Bengaluru police told to shift stranded migrant labourers to marriage halls

Bengaluru | Tuesday | 31st March, 2020

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By PTIBENGALURU: The Bengaluru police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao on Tuesday instructed his subordinates to shift migrant labourers stuck on the highways to marriage and community halls in the city. In a wireless message to his subordinates whose video he shared with the media too, Rao said these halls have been booked on the directions of the State government. The police commissioner asked the joint commissioners to shift these labourers to these halls where arrangements have been made for their stay, food and medical facilities. The direction came amid mounting problems of the migrant labourers from different parts of the country who are stuck in the city without any job, shelter, food and medical aid. The commissioner directed policemen to act tough against those roaming on the street on two-wheelers without any purpose and seize their vehicles..