SPOS TO BE ENGAGED TO CURB MIGRATION FROM W ODISHA
Sunday, 07 December 2014 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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With
a view to checking distress migration through unlicenced contractors and
streamline the migration process, a pilot project is underway in western
Odisha’s four migration-prone districts such as Balangir, Nuapada, Bargarh and
Kalahandi.
Special Police
Officers (SPO) would collect information on movement of labourers and
contractors and keep track with the whole recruitment process. They would then
report everything to the police and the district administration for quick
action to prevent illegal migration and help the administration for rescue of
the forced labourers.
Under the project in
Bolangir, around 60 persons in the age group of 18-60 years residing in the
same police station jurisdiction would be engaged for three months who would
directly report to the police and district administration for quick action to
prevent illegal migration.
According to sources,
this year the process of migration has been tightened and registration of
migrant labourers in the Anganwadi centre has been made mandatory. Moreover,
those labourers migrating through licenced contractors are being issued
identity cards by the District Labour office.
This year, the
contractors have to submit all the details of the migrant labourers along with
requisite fees and other documents to the District Labour office before
recruiting labourers and shifting them to other States.
A coordination meeting
between Telengana officials and district level officials of Balangir, Nuapda,
Kalahandi and Bargarh was held in Balangir a few days ago where in it was
decided to take steps to check illegal migration. According to sources, this
scheme is basically a brainchild of Labour Commissioner Shalini Pandit and is
being implemented in Balangir, Bargarh, Kalahandi and Nuapda.
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