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186 migrant workers returned through a private chartered plane booked by Jharkhand govt

<span style="color: #222222;">In another airlift exercise by the Jharkhand government, 186 migrant workers from Andaman and Nicobar Islands have returned today to Ranchi through a private chartered plane booked by the state government. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A total of 64 migrants of Jharkhand stuck in Batalik- Kargil were aerially brought from Leh with support from officials of Border Road Organisation a day earlier via flights.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent a private Indigo flight carrying 186 migrant labourers from Port Blair reached Birsa Munda airport in Ranchi today a few hours ago. All the inbound migrants were medically screened at the airport and were sent to their native districts of Dumka, Sahibganj and Pakur through sanitised buses. Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Mithilesh Thakur was present at the airport to welcome the migrants. Labourers were provided with food packets and water for their onward journey.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Chief Minister Hemant Soren himself had been monitoring the air travel exercise of the migrants. State Urban Development Department had been regularly coordinating with the local district administration and police in Port Blair for this mission, and assisted by the State Transport Department, Labour Department and the COVID 19 Control Room.</span><br />'' <br />

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