Over 21 lakh migrant staff from West Bengal have utilized for enrolment within the Karmasathi Parijayee Shramik portal, a authorities database that maintains information of migrant staff from the State, with greater than 18 lakh functions digitised on the web site.
The State authorities has not too long ago launched a particular drive for registration of migrant staff within the portal.
“Through this special drive, 8,17,020 migrant workers were approached. They are being registered through the Karmasathi Parijayee Shramik portal. Of the 21,58,016 applications received during the campaign, 18,01,415 applications have already been digitised,” a press assertion by the West Bengal authorities mentioned.
Within the face of Opposition criticism
The difficulty of migrant staff has emerged as a political situation and the Opposition events usually goal the Trinamool Congress authorities alleging that lack of jobs within the State has triggered migration. In August 2023, greater than 20 staff from the State died in a bridge collapse in Meghalaya. About 100 migrant staff from the State had died within the horrifying Odisha prepare accident in June 2023. Estimates recommend that there are about 40 lakh migrants working in different States.
In April, the State authorities arrange the West Bengal Migrant Employees’ Welfare Board. The third assembly of the Board was held on Friday on the State Secretariat.
‘Will open office in Delhi’
“We want to create a database so that we can provide economic opportunities to the citizens in the State. A help desk to facilitate migrant workers travelling through Sealdah and Howrah railway stations is going to be set up at the earliest. We are also opening up an office in Delhi,” Samirul Islam, chairperson of West Bengal Migrant Employees Welfare Board informed The Hindu.
Mr. Islam, a Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member, mentioned the initiative is a primary of its variety within the nation. Contemplating the success of the particular drive, it has been determined to comply with it up with an analogous marketing campaign in districts throughout the State subsequent month to make sure last-mile enrolment of the migrant staff who’ve been omitted of the method, he added.
In the meantime, Mr. Islam additionally added that the State authorities is in contact with the Uttarakhand authorities the place 41 labourers are caught within the partially-collapsed Silkyara tunnel at Uttarkashi. Three of the 41 staff caught within the tunnel are from West Bengal.