bengaluru with construction activities in bengaluru grinding to a halt after more than 3 lakh migrant workers left for their home states several builders and contractors are now trying to bring them back south western railway swr officials said some realestate firms have approached them to operate chartered trains to bihar to fetch these workersswr records show it ferried nearly 32 lakh workers from karnataka in 220 shramik trains between may 3 and june 8 hundreds had left earlier in the weeks after the lockdown was announced in the last week of march a majority of the migrant workers in bengaluru were from bihar uttar pradesh jharkhand odisha and bengalrealestate major embassy group enquired to know how they can bring around 1000 workers from bihar i advised them to do it either by a special train for which they need to book at danapur bihar or bring them by sanghamitra express bengalurudanapur in which about 400 seats are vacant daily bengaluru divisional railway manager ashok kumar verma told toi embassy group refused to commentmany real estate firms said they are waiting for the state government to relax quarantine norms at present those entering karnataka from states other than maharashtra have to spend 14 days in home quarantinekishore jain president of credaibengaluru said if the government authorities make the quarantine processes liberal ensuring health safety aspects then returning labourers morale will be high as they wish to return and start earning their livelihoodmigrant workers have started coming backdevelopers will provide all support to labourers health and hygiene of these workers will be given the highest priority at this time of the pandemic many of us are in touch with our labour community and the contractors said jainsources said many builders and contractors had expressed unwillingness to homequarantine workers when they reached their hometowns they already underwent quarantine why should they stay in quarantine for another 14 days when they return to bengaluru said a builder we are ready to bring them in chartered flights or trains but how can we afford to quarantine them for 14 days without allowing them to workmost developers in bengaluru have contractors who bring migrant workers now many workers have started coming back but a clear picture will emerge only by juneend said shankar sastri of sterling developers in fact many migrant workers are in a waitandwatch mode whether this lockdown would be extended or not many contractors are bringing them in trains and buses and those with a tight deadline are bringing them on flights to complete projects at the earliest sastri is an executive member of credaiindiawith most developers restarting their projects post lockdown labourers will have more job options revised wages depending on the developers and contractors job continuity and safety said jain during lockdown our developers have taken care of the workers in labour camp s those labourers who wanted to be with their families had gone back to their hometown now as work conditions are improving most of them are looking