Punjab tried to use labourers registered under MNREGA. On an average, there are roughly 70 registered labourers in every village of the state.
Why Punjab farmers are missing migrants
Put preparations in place for the safe return of lacks of Bihar & other states migrant workers
Charter of demands by Indian Affiliates Council (Building, Construction, Building Materials & Forestry Sector Unions) to Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of Labour (Independent Charge), with copy to Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India:
Bihar, Bengal migrants are not as lucky as those from UP or MP
While Kejriwal and Uddhav Thackeray are keen to send the migrants out, Nitish Kumar has constantly pushed back, saying that it would violate the lockdown.