<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, Tirupur district administration has made all arrangements to provide food and shelter to the migrant population. The hosiery town employs about 2.5 lakh people from the northern and the eastern states. During the Holi festivities, many of them went home and are yet to return, as the lockdown is in place.<br />''<br />''Talking to AIR, District Collector Vijayakarthikeyan said 42,230 people from other states are in the city at present. He said, nearly forty thousand people who are on the payroll of the factories are staying in the hostels provided by their employers and in rented accommodations. <br />''<br />''They are being provided with food by the factories while the district administration is checking the social distancing norms and sanitary conditions on an everyday basis. <br />''<br />''Meanwhile, about 2300 other workers who are not on the payroll of any companies have been mapped by the officials and rations are being provided to them regularly with the help of major industries and volunteers.</span><br />
News On AIR | April 1, 2020 6:50 PM
Tamil Nadu: Tirupur district makes arrangements to provide food, shelter to migrant population