GUWAHATI, May 19 - The Assam government should immediately devise a mechanism to ensure livelihood to several lakhs of Assamese youths who, after working in other states as security guards and in other small jobs, have been suddenly rendered jobless by the COVID-19-induced situation.
Senior journalist DN Chakravartty has appealed to the State government to make an immediate and thorough study of all those workers serving outside Assam.
He suggested that the government launch programmes to identify all those youths from Assam who are facing immense difficulties and to embark on effective measures in order to redeem the impending catastrophic situation that can cause incalculable damage to the State�s economy.
He added that a time-bound scheme should be formulated and implemented immediately before the problem assumes alarming dimensions.
