NEW DELHI: Adding to the long list of PILs filed in Supreme Court to ameliorate the arduous condition in which migrant workers find themselves, IIM-Ahmedabad former dean Jagdeep Chhonkar has filed one seeking a direction to the Centre and state governments to provide buses to transport these workers to their homes.Chhonkar said as per 2011 census there were over four crore migrant workers but after the sudden lockdown to control the speed of Covid-19 disease, the governments have provided shelter and food to only a fraction of them. "A large number of migrant workers, stranded across the country for want of transport services, want to go back to their hometowns to be with their families. To forcibly keep them to their place of work is both inhuman and violative of their fundamental right to free movement," he said.He said the unrest among anxious migrant workers was visible a day after the March 24 announcement for 21-day lockdown. "There was a sudden rush of migrant workers to bus terminals and railway stations leading to uncontrollable chaos. The lockdown also forced many migrant workers to undertake long journeys on foot to their homes resulting in the tragic death of some," he said.Citing media reports, the petitioner said, "migrant workers are protesting at many places against non-payment of wages and demanding a return to their hometowns and villages. Right to move freely, guaranteed under Article 19 of the constitution, cannot be suspended indefinitely forcing the migrant workers to stay away from their families and live in unpredictable and arduous conditions." However, the management professional conceded that imposition of complete lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 was a necessity.Chhonkar pleaded with the SC to "allow migrant workers across the country to return to their hometowns and villages after conducting necessary testing for Covid-19. The Centre and the state governments must be told to arrange for buses for their safe travel."Several rights activists, including Harsh Mandher and Swami Agnivesh as well as others, have filed PILs seeking payment of minimum wages to migrant workers stuck at various places because of lockdown and the petitions are pending consideration of the SC.Solicitor general Tushar Mehta had informed the SC by a status report that the Centre and the state governments have has made adequate arrangement for shelter and food of all migrant labour and that no one would go hungry.