GUWAHATI: A total of 1,73,363 workers returned to the state of Assam on account of the national lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, stated Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary on Monday, August 31.
Patowary was responding to a query raised by Congress MLA Roselina Tirkey during the on-going Assam Assembly.
He added that the government has information of the workers only but there is no data of other returnees during the pandemic.
"As per information from the Assam police, 1,73,363 workers have returned to Assam in view of the lockdown in the country. The government does not have the data of the youths," Patowary said on behalf of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who also holds the Home portfolio.
Out of the 1,73,363 workers coming in 117 Shramik Special trains, the highest number returned from Tamil Nadu (37,881), followed by Karnataka (33,426), Kerala (23,027) and Maharashtra (21,665).