With the view of relaxing the uncertainty endured by the workers from the unorganized sector in Tamil Nadu who left stranded amid the Coronavirus outbreak, the state government will now procure over 14 lakh packets of basic food supplies and the aid package will be distributed to those workers in the state.

The aid package would consist of 15 kilograms of rice, one kilogram of dal and a liter of oil and 14,57,526 kits with these food supplies would be acquired through the state civil supplies corporation at the total cost of Rs 93.21 crore and upon the procurement, the kits would be provided to the workers who are registered under unorganized sector workers welfare boards and the district collectors would be providing the kits to the workers in their respective districts.

According to the reports, about 24,000 registered migrant laborers, 92,000 pensioners in the Tamil Nadu Construction Workers Welfare board, and 40,000 non-registered migrant laborers would be directly getting benefitted from the aid package. Earlier, the labor department of the state has also requested the state government's consent to provide the aid package to 12.79 lakh registered members of 14 welfare boards including footwear, leather goods, handloom, and silk weaving workers, pottery workers, street vendors, cooks, and washermen.

The reports stated that the fund for providing the aid package for these labor workers would be acquired from the respective boards. On the other hand, the government has asked the authorities to reach out to the unregistered workers to register in the unorganized sector and this aid package has come at the crucial time when hundreds of migrant workers left stranded in the state as the state and the Central government have suspended the transportation channels and imposed a complete lockdown as the measure to contain the spread of the virus.

Workers in some of the states have crowded to board the transportation ahead of the lockdown to return to their native places. However, thousands were ended up without transport facilities, food, water, and shelter. Some of the state governments have arranged special transportation to their native places while many state governments are accommodating such stranded workers in the properties that belong to the government as the temporary shelter and providing basic and essential facilities and these workers are going through the medical check-ups daily with the view of ensuring that these workers aren't carrying any positive symptoms to the Coronavirus, that has become global pandemic leaving India unexceptional.