Coimbatore: Guest workers, left for their home country in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, have begun to return in a batch.
While the trend brought a smile to their faces, the businessman here said that they made all workers return.
R Surendran, who runs the industrial unit with half of its employees, makes settings to return 12 employees in one or two days.
“The bus is charging around Rs 4,000 to transport someone from Patna to the city.
Even though it is additional expenses, we have no choice but to come out because we are fully dependent on guest workers,” he told TI.
“Unlike previous locking when workers were reluctant to return, this time, they were all willing to go back and have asked us to make arrangements for their return trip.” Most trains operate from the northern part of the country to the northern part of the full district, said MV Ramesh Babu, President Coimbatore District Industries Industries Association (Codissia).
“There are no train tickets available for the next month.
When bus tickets are expensive and are not recommended to travel in a closed environment for days together, we ask the train board to operate a canceled train ahead of locking, and to operate a special train To bring back workers, “he said,” he said, “it’s hard to continue full operation without guest workers.
The pressure to send the product on time is extraordinary.
More than half of the workers who work in the Foundries, the engineering industry, the processing industry and even spinning factories come from the northern state.
Due to the lack of local workers’ willingness to work in such industries, “added Ramesh.
Most of the industry, especially the micro industry, are under financial pressure and manage with existing workers, said the district president of the Pondok and Small Tamil Nadu Association (wisdom) JES .presiden South India Engineering Manufacturers Association Karthik said that the industry has been operating with 75% of workers and were organizing buses and trains to bring more workers back to the district.
“in contrast to previous years, there was no sharp demand for labor.
Because of the price of raw materials that continue to increase, many have delayed purchases and in turn reduced our orders.
So, we manage with existing workers, “he added.