PTIFlouting lockdown norms, nearly 2,000 migrant workers gathered at a government office in the Gota area here on Friday hoping they will somehow find a way to reach their native places, said police. The gathering, which started since the morning, was apparently triggered by a rumour about a bus reaching outside the government office to ferry migrants to railway station. Migrants wanting to go their native places amid the lockdown are supposed to make an online application. "Migrants having permits then board trains to reach their native places. "Thus, around 2,000 migrants flocked here since morning hoping to catch a bus till railway station and then a train till their native places.

Source: The Telegraph May 08, 2020 10:07 UTC