Madras HC Directs State To Provide Ration Supplies To Migrant Workers Regardless Of Ration Cards

Considering the plight of migrant labourers who are without food, the Madras High Court directed the State Government to provide ration supplies to migrant labourers, after satisfying that they are really migrant labourers, irrespective of whether they have ration cards or not. The bench of Justices N. Kirubakaran and V. M. Velumani was informed that the State Government has announced that ration supplies would be provided only to card holders, while there are lakhs of migrant labourers, who are without ration cards and they will be put to unnecessary trouble. It was also brought to the notice of this Court that the Government of West Bengal has announced that even migrant labourers, who are without ration cards would be provided with ration materials.