Migrant workers in Kashmir looking for ways to return home

Worried over the prevailing security situation in Kashmir, migrant workers and daily wage labourers in the Valley have started looking for ways to return home.

The labourers, who mostly hail from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and other heartland states, are now desperately looking for ways to go out of the Valley, saying although nothing unpleasant has happened to them, they are worried about what the future holds for them.

Thousands of them, who come to the Valley to earn livelihood, are stranded in Srinagar as there have been little or no availability of inter-state bus services.

The curfew-like situation has affected their livelihood as there have been a total closure of construction works in parts of the state amid restrictions and heavy security deployment.

"We are going home due to the prevailing situation. In the absence of any help from the government, we are stuck here. We are forced to take this step due to the situation. Some of them are frightened as well," one of the migrant ...