The UP government earned around Rs 21 Lakh by auctioning migrant workers’ bicycles. Kinshuk Srivastava, sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), Sadar, confirmed the news.
Those bicycles were seized from migrant labourers during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. The migrant workers from Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, and Bihar took their cycles with them to go back home during the first lockdown. However, they were stopped at a transit point.
The migrants were asked to park their bicycles at the Satsang Bhawan. They were sent home by buses and trains. The administration handed them tokens to collect their bicycles later.
Saharanpur became the hub of migrating labourers. Reportedly, migrant workers’ cycles remained there for almost 2 years. The bicycles remained on a deserted ground in Saharanpur in the form of junk.
Saharanpur District Magistrate Akhilesh Singh said that the administration called the migrant workers. The contact numbers of all the labourers were taken by the office bearers of Radha Swami Satsang Bhawan.
Those labourers who did not reach out to get their bicycles were called by the administration. Some labourers refused to take their cycles back because of the distance of their home from Saharanpur.
Reportedly, some migrant workers now want their bicycles back. A migrant worker from Bihar said that he never received any call. He also wants his bicycle back. However, the District Magistrate said that the administration “didn’t want to earn anything from the sale” and that they will send money to migrant workers’ bank accounts.
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