To protect the interests of stranded migrant workers, The Supreme Court has finally intervened on Thursday.
It issued a seven-point interim order that said it was the job of the state to provide them food and transport and that they cannot be charged for their travel.
SC stated that the railway fare shall be shared by the States as per their arrangement as submitted by the learned Solicitor General.
The SC asked a round of questions from the Union government on the logistics of ferrying workers back home on trains and buses, including the time they have to wait for transport.
The court also ordered that no state can refuse to take back migrant workers.