Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday dialled Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray after hundreds of migrant workers in Mumbai turned up at the Bandra West railway station, demanding that railways start trains to take them home.

The Union home minister underscored that events such as the protest weaken India’s fight against coronavirus disease and the administration needs to stay vigilant to avoid such incidents.

Home Minister also offered his full support to the Maharashtra government. Over thousand migrant workers who earn daily wages gathered in Bandra demanding transport arrangements to go back to their native places, hours after PM Modi made an announcement to extend the coronavirus enforced lockdown till May 3.