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8. Conducting the Standard 10th & 12th examination (para 6.10)

9. Issues at a colony in Asarva (para 6.11)

10. Exorbitant amount being demanded by the private hospitals for treating the COVID­19 patients and lack of beds at Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad and SVP Hospital (para 6.12 & 6.13) I. Issues relating to the transportation of Migrant workers

1. Before responding to the submissions canvassed by the applicants as noted by this Hon'ble Court in the order dated 14.05.2020, it is imperative to place on record, certain facts and figures, which would enable a better understanding of the efforts being undertaken C/WPPIL/42/2020 ORDER by the State in assisting the migration of the migrant labourers.

3. While transferring the migrants, all the procedure as per the guidelines of Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health, Family Welfare, Government of India have been followed by the GSRTC in coordination with the local concerned district authorities, such as, all the buses which were used for migration of labourers were sanitized, safety measures was also taken for drivers and conductors, norms for the social distancing were also followed and medical screening of all migrant labourers was done by the concerned District Authority.

4. It submitted that, the migration of labourers in large numbers to other States through buses is not a viable solution due to the long distance involved in such travel. For instance a journey to Bihar may entail 3 days of travel one way, transporting just 30 passengers per bus journey. For a 7 day preoccupation of the bus, only 30 migrant workers would be transported. Trains are the viable solution when it comes to transporting labourers over a long distance. GSRTC in continuous coordination with the local district authorities has provided the special operation as per the guidelines, norms and directives of the Government of India and the Respondent State. During this period, GSRTC has also operated 24x7 Control Rooms at Head Office and at all its Division offices and has made strong efforts for continuous coordination with all Divisions and State Control Rooms.

C/WPPIL/42/2020 ORDER ii.As per the guidelines of the Government of India and the Respondent State, it was decided to assist in the migration of the stranded labourers from various states to their native states through the Shramik Special Train, for this purpose as per the demand of the local district authority, GSRTC has provided 7,547 buses for 2,26,410 passengers who were dropped at the various Railway Stations of the state till date. The details pertaining to the same are annexed hereto in a tabular form and marked herewith as Annexure­2­A. Iii. There were many labourers from different districts of Gujarat who were staying in Surat and wanted to go back to their native districts. A committee was formed for the same, by Respondent State and accordingly, arrangements were made from 06.05.2020 for the migration of labourers from Surat to other districts of the State by GSRTC buses. For this purpose, an arrangement was done to pick up workers from their area of residence so that they do not have to travel to depots and unnecessary crowding can be avoided. Only one side fare has been charged to carry out this operation. Entire transportation is being carried out by following Social Distancing norms set by Ministry of Health, Family Welfare, Government of India. Till 16/05/2020 total 1,66,260 labourers have been transported with the help of 5,542 GSRTC buses. This operation is still going on. The details pertaining to the same are annexed hereto in a tabular form and marked herewith as Annexure­3.