Morbi paper mills help curb exodus of migrant workers

Rajkot: Labourers in Morbi do not want to go back to their natives as they are getting employment in different paper mills after the government gave permission to the mills to start operations.
“I have been working in this paper mill for the past one decade. The mill owner has been taking care of our two time meals ever since the beginning of the lockdown first.And now since the mill has got the permission to start functioning, we, the workers, have resumed our duty, and we are not in a hurry to return to our natives,” says Shrikantsinh Yadav, one of the workers at a paper mill.
Morbi Paper Mills’ Association president Kirit Kultaria says: “All the workers have been getting their essential commodities including food and ration since the beginning of the first lockdown. That apart, we have been taking care of their health. Ever since the mills have started operations, the labourers are working, wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.”