Thirty-year-old Lallan who works as a plumber in Chandigarh and hails from Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh says he is not facing any problem in the city as the situation will be normal soon but emotional appeals from his family members are compelling him to return home.
“My wife, children and parents live in Ambedkar Nagar. They are asking me to come home as this is an important reunion after the lockdown. They are worried as there is no vaccine to cure the coronavirus,” says Lallan who has been living in Chandigarh from quite some time.
Shankar Yadav of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh just wants to go home to meet his family as there has been a dispute between his relatives and his neighbours recently.
“I want to go home as there has been a fight between my family and neighbours. It is very urgent but I am not getting a bus seat as the police officials are asking me to bring Aadhar card with a local address. I belong to Uttar Pradesh and my Aadhar card bears the UP address,” laments Shankar Yadav.
A sizeable chunk of stranded migrants had come to visit their relatives in Chandigarh and surrounding areas.
Some like Nagender, who belongs to Sant Kabeer Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, wanted to send medicines to his wife who underwent major heart surgery sometime back. He wants to come back after meeting her and dropping the medicines.
“She is not well and urgently requires medicines. Her follow-up was also due. I just want to drop the medicines and come back,” says Nagender who worked as a mason in Chandigarh.
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