1 Lakh People From Odisha Stuck In Other States Following COVID-19 Lockdown: Chief Secy
Bhubaneswar: Amid the nationwide lockdown over the deadly novel coronavirus, one lakh people from Odisha are stranded in different parts of the country, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy informed on Sunday.
After a review meeting at the control room set up at the state Home Department to assist the migrant workers, he said that 1860 calls have been received from people of Odisha stuck in distant corners, including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
They mostly belong to Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Ganjam and Jajpur districts of the state, he said.
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