MADHYA PRADESH STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY ASSISTS WALKING MIGRANTS AT 100% GRIEVANCE RESOLUTION RATE
The Madhya Pradesh State Legal Authority has been working round the clock to ensure that basic living amenities such as clean drinking, dry food articles, medical facilities, etc. are made available to the working migrants.
The SLSA in coordination with the DLSAs and TLSCs has launched a Help Line No. 15100 and has set up ‘Legal Aid Camps’ with a help desk facility at the inter-district and inter-state check posts.
As of May 23, 2020, within five days of commencement of this initiative, the authority had attend 100% of the 257 grievances received by it, through its Para Legal Volunteers.
The Member Secretaries of the MPSLSA, even the Judges across the State worked in tandem with the local administration and awareness was created through help desks on the rights of labourers and various welfare measures taken by the Central/State Government for the benefits of labourers.
Pertinently, the authority is also ensuring that the migrants are not forced to walk, by providing them access to transport systems.
By Shubhi Singhal of LCD