Lockdown 4.0: Actor Sonu Sood flies 167 migrant workers from Kerala to Odisha via chartered flight

KOCHI: After what was a long wait, 147 female and 20 male migrant workers from Odisha who were working at a textile factory and a plywood factory in the district left for their homes on a chartered flight on Friday. The women were in dire straits since they had left their jobs hoping to return home in the backdrop of the lockdown.

They had been desperate since the special Shramik trains were not immediately available and their money had got all used up. ‘Umeed Ki Udaan’ initiative might be the first to fly out migrant workers in a chartered flight in the country. According to Anup Manjeshwar, Head, Sales & Distribution, AirAsia India, Bollywood actor Sonu Sood arranged the chartered flight for the women after coming to know about their plight.