BETTIAH/LAKHAURA (EAST CHAMPARAN), June 6 -- : It's lazy summer afternoon. The interior of long corrugated shed at Lakhoura Chowk in East Champaran district is abuzz with a flurry of activities -- the whirring of textile machines, sound of tools, euphoria among labourers, footfall of job seekers including women, ecstasy among manufacturers, and the noise and wheezing of other equipments. Guided by their grit and determination to convert setbacks into assets, a posse of migrant workers who returned during the ease of Covid-19 lockdown, have virtually turned a new leaf in their life after return journey to their native places in Bihar's Champaran region by becoming entrepreneur from being migrant workers till recently. Mohammad Nuraiz Alam, a migrant worker who returned to Lakhaura, his native place 10 km off Motihari, headquarters of East Champaran district, along with two brothers heaves a sign of relief. "After the lockdown, a bleak future was staring at us as we all had returned home. Then, we started our own units of manufacturing of units," he said referring to it as a tough decision. Weeks followed each other in quick succession, years rolled by. More than three years into its operation, "Ideal Bags" looks comes across a full-fledged factory with over 100 machines, a majority of them stitching ones, interlock and baltek sewing machines in use in a corrugated shed measuring around 1,200 square area. "After the initial teething problems, our unit started getting a good response. We have had the pleasure of providing employment to nearly 100 workers like us," said Sheikh Shoab, a co-owner of factory. "There is no reason to justify as to why we should move out to eke out our living when we are earning between Rs.400 and Rs.500 every day here only," said a labourer at the factory. Nuraiz Alam has been procuring raw materials from Delhi and other parts of Uttar Pradesh and manufacturing bags numbering around 1200 a day with demands - locally as well as far off places. For Pramod Baitha, a migrant worker belonging to Tola Uttim Pandeypur in Majhauliya block of West Champaran, about 15km from Bettiah, headquarters of West Champaran district, the lockdown post Covid came as an opportunity in disguise for him. He set up a LED bulb manufacturing unit at his village and turned into an entrepreneur upon returning to his native place. "There are around 25 villagers who have working at my units and manufacturing 1,200-odd LED bulbs everyday," said Baitha, who has found his description in 74th edition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat' while sharing the examples of individuals who have been striving towards self-reliant India. At Motihari, taking advantage of the Pradhan Mantri Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme, two brothers, Vijay Jaiswal and Sanjay Jaiswal, set up a Kurkure (snack) manufacturing factory, which is now exporting its products on a large scale. Beneficiary Vijay Jaiswal says, "...We received the funds, and the Kurkure plant is now running successfully," said Vijay Jaiswal. However, these entrepreneurs enumerated electricity problem and road problems as major bottleneck in the grow of their factories further. When contacted, East Champaran's district magistrate (DM) said, "District administration is all set to provide all possible assistance to these entrepreneurs."...