meerut sweating profusely suraj 18 sat on the floor of meeruts bhainsali bus terminal on thursday he now lives there it has been two days since i am waiting for a bus to go to bahraich we are a group of 26 persons who worked as farm labourers in meerut but with hardly any savings left i have no other option than wait here for a bus to go back home says suraj he registered for a bus ride five days ago but has not got any confirmation as of yet suraj is not alone scores of migrants have now started living at the bus terminal itself on tuesday meerut even broke a sixyearrecord and recorded the highest temperature in the month of may at 445 c the hottest day of the season so far i had come here with dreams of working and living in a city those dreams are all shattered now our landlord was a noble soul as he did not ask for any rent but then we started gathering people bound for bahraich and came here we do not want to miss any bus that might take us home said suraj we have sent at least 14k migrants from meerut to their homes by busesany person who wants to go home needs to register himself with the district control room telephonically and inform about the district and state he has to travel to and provide a phone number once the district authorities have at least 30 people going to a common destination a bus is arranged there are ceiling fans at the terminal but there is still no respite from the heat i spread a bed sheet on the floor i lie here using my bag for a pillow to save it from the prying eyes of thieves said jagjivan who was told to get his registration only after he had stayed at the terminal for a daysubhash prajapati additional district magistrate finance said we have sent at least 14000 migrants from meerut to their homes by buses while 8000 were from up as many as 6000 are from different states at least 75 of them were even sent to nepal however we start a journey only after we have at least 30 people going to a destination the people at the bus terminal were told that they will be called on the day their bus is scheduled to leave but they have refused to budgemunesh kumar 22 who is waiting for a bus to madhya pradeshs singrauli with his wife and his threeyearold daughter said i was working as a labourer at a sugarcane farm in daurala without any place to go to now it is better for us to stay here kumar said adding that the bus terminal authorities provide them with khichdi biscuits and drinking water from time to time i purchase fruits some time for my daughter because i need to take care of her health in this searing heat he