Migrant workers refused by Karnataka due to lack of IDs: Goa CM

Panaji, May 7 (IANS) Around 60 migrant workers heading back from Goa to their homes in Karnataka were turned away from the border by the latter's officials on Thursday, because they were not carrying any identification documents to prove they hailed from the state, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said."They could not produce any Aadhaar card or voter card with a Karnataka address, which is why they were sent back from the border," he said.The migrant workers were being transported from Goa to Karnataka in buses on Thursday. The buses were turned back, after the Karnataka officials insisted on local address proof, forcing the migrant workers to return to Goa."All the migrant workers were from the Margao area. We have told them to source and scan ID copies from their native homes. We will attest them and send them across the border," Sawant said.The Chief Minister also said that the first batch of nearly 1000 migrant workers were expected to transported out of Goa to Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
--IANS maya/vd