Chennai, Mar 7 (BPNS)
The Tamil Nadu district collectors have commenced the survey of guest workers present in the state after the Chief Minister directed to provide exact details of guest workers in the state and the working conditions of these people.
According to a rough estimate there are around 6 lakh guest workers in the state who are employed in various sectors.
The respective district administrations have been directed to get an exact data of the guest workers in the their jurisdictions and to get a proper assessment of the working conditions.
The survey is done with the support of volunteers and social organisations who provide the data based on a questionnaire. The district administration already has a list of the migrant workers in their respective jurisdictions. However there has not been any update in these registers after the Covid -19 pandemic lashed the state.
The district administration supported by the volunteers will conduct door to door surveys of the companies and small scale industries where the migrant workers are employed. A health survey of these workers will also be conducted along with the survey on the number of workers. The officials will also extract maximum information on the migrant workers who have reached the state along with those who are employed in factories and other sectors.
The state labour minister, C.V. Ganeshan is monitoring and coordinating the survey being conducted. The minister has also directed all the district administrations to create awareness among the guest workers from North India not to believe in fake videos that are circulated.
Erode, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Nilgiris, Salem districts have a large congregation of guest workers and a team of officers from Bihar had visited Tiruppur and found the living conditions of the guest workers satisfactory.
The district administration after the survey will be providing the details to the state labour department and a high level meeting of officials will decide on the necessary changes required for the welfare of the guest workers.
It is to be noted that for the past few days, the Tamil Nadu state government have been taking stringent measures against those who are involved in spreading fake news on guest workers.
State Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has already said that the guest workers who are in Tamil Nadu need not fear and that the government would be providing all support to the guest workers.
The state police have registered case against the Editor of Dainik Bhaskar , Hindi daily, Tanveer Ahmad, a journalist, Bihar BJP Spokesman, Prasanth Kumar Umrao for spreading fake news regarding attack on migrant workers from North India working in Tamil Nadu.
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