Mumbai: A total of 54.4 Lakh people left Maharashtra by train in April and May when the country was under the Trost sidewalk-style, according to data with the commissioner of the state labor.
In June, when the state government began to raise the limits, 26 Lakh returned to 22 months – less than half of the remaining amounts in the summer months.
Although migrants may not take into account all passenger movements, the numbers provide an indication of the exodus of migrants and returns.
Officials said returns in June may be slow because the sector, such as hospitality and retail, has not fully opened.
The Labor Department received details about the passenger exit and entered the state of the Indian train.
Of the 54.4 lakh people who left the country in April and May, the largest part of 18 lakh or 33% bound to Uttar Pradesh, followed by 6.4 lakh for Bihar, 5.2 lakh for Gujarat and 3.8 lakh for Bengal West.
Of the 26 lakh people who returned between June 1 and 22, 8.4 lakh came from 3.3 lakh from Gujarat, 2 lakh from Bihar and 1.6 lakh from Rajasthan.
“Usually, a large number of people left the state for their home countries in the summer months because of school holidays and marriages.
Returns not in the same amount may be due to restrictions both in other states and in Maharashtra,” said the commissioner of additional workers Shirin Lokhande.
“Migrant returns may also have been affected by concerns about the third wave.
People may worry that they have to return home again if there is a new limit,” he added.
Sectors such as manufacturing and construction function throughout limits such as locking.
In the construction sector, most migrant workers return.
“About 30% of migrants go to their hometown as they do every year in the summer.
About 90% of them returned because working in this sector have not stopped,” said Deepak Goradia, President of Maharashtra’s room housing industry.
However, retail trading and restaurants are waiting before calling migrant workers back.
“We function with a power of 40%, especially workers from the city …
our sector is not fully open and we cannot afford to pay for additional staff,” said Viren Shah from the Federation of Retail Trade Welfare Associations.
Restaurant owners and bars in the state also operate with only 20% of staff strength and reluctant to call their workers back from their hometown, said Shivanand Shetty, President of the Association of Hotels and Restaurant India.
“We relate to our migrant staff who are willing to return from their place of origin, but with all operational restrictions in the industry, there is a large cloud of uncertainty,” Shetty said.
He further said that hotel trade faces lack of unskilled workers who have taken work in the construction sector or other part time work.