The Migrant crisis

The migrant crisis is definitely playing out on a scale grander than what has been portrayed in media. I live in a tier 3 city which is located on the foothills of Himalayas, thus there are very few industries located here. Most of the villages up the hills have turned into ghost towns over past few decades. The population of the state is less than the population of Uttar Pradesh or Bihar which provide a large labour force to make India shine on outside.

Despite not being a major facilitator of workforce, I see people walking down the road carrying their luggage. The number has increased over past few days. Though there is no long queue of migrants returning back but one can see them returning in bunches almost every day.

One can only imagine the situation of roads of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar whose residents have been making arduous effort for coming back to their home town.

The government which boasts of its communication skills has failed miserably in assuring the workers and communicate the message to the labour force. Empathy has been subverted into apathy to accommodate the theatrics. If the situation continues I wonder if anyone would want to go back in the glare of city lights. Lights that shining so brightly that it has dazzled the government towards citizen grievances