<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated a migrant worker cell of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) at Udhna based iLab in Surat. Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Pradhan said that the migrant workers cell with linkage with the city livelihood centre will help extend all kinds of assistance and government-led benefits to them. He said that this cell will do a detailed mapping of migrant workers and classify them according to their skill. This will help in connecting 'Shramshakti' to relevant industries and boost their livelihood and also ensure their dignity.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports that Migrant workers' Cell has been created by Surat Municipal Corporation for the first time in the Country under the 'National Urban Livelihood Mission Scheme'. The aim to create this cell is to prepare a database of migrant workers in Surat city with mapping. The city has a presence of over 15 lakh migrant workers. Their data is required during natural calamities and other situations like pandemic.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Newly opened migrant cell of SMC will have the names, address, native place and other details of migrant laborers ready in its data. The city administration had felt the need for such data during the recently Covid-19 linked lockdown period. Surat will emerge as the first city to offer affordable housing units to migrant labourers on rent. Surat Urban Development Authority -SUDA has built 339 units at Sachin.</span><br />