raipur the chhattisgarh government has decided to bear the cost of travel of all migrant workers returning to the state acting swiftly after congress interim chief sonia gandhi instructed party units in this regardtransport commissioner kamalpreet singh wrote a letter to the divisional railway manager of south east central railway secr stating that the state government would bear all the cost for travel of migrants and other needy if the railways arranges special train for their return the transport department has requested the railways to inform about the steps to be taken furthermore than 109 lakh migrant workers from chhattisgarh are stranded in a 21 states and the labour department has already set in motion a process to coordinate with the states concerned for their return the state government had earlier requested the railways to provide at least 23 special trainsthe congress governments decision came after sonia gandhi announced that the state units of the party will bear the cost of travel of every needy worker and migrant labourerchief minister bhupesh baghel tweeted saying that congress president sonia gandhis decision underlined the congress ideology and tradition of serving the people we have brought our students from kota back to the state congress party and its government cannot leave out anybody in the hour of crisis