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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that about 90 per cent of the crimes in the coastal state are committed by migrant labourers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and other areas, urging contractors to obtain “labour cards” before employing them. Sawant made the claim at a Labour Day function on May 1 in Panaji reported PTI .
The chief minister said that every migrant labourer working in the state should have a labour card given by the state government.
“We have promised in the budget (about providing Labour Cards). After committing any crime here, migrant labour goes back to his state and then it becomes difficult to nab him or her. If we see the ratio, then 90 per cent of the crimes are done by migrant labourers. Be it from Bihar, UP and from the other areas, I am not going into detail in that,” Sawant said.
He said that if the migrant labourers are registered with the Labour Department then the government will get data of their addresses and it can help police to investigate any case.
“At least if we have their identity then they will restrain themselves from committing crime fearing arrest. Hence it is the responsibility of contractors, employees and employers to get done labour card,” Sawant said.
