Bhubaneswar, Sept. 30 -- Over 8. 5 lakh migrants have returned to Odisha so far during the COVID-19 pandemic, informed Rural Development and Labour Minister Susanta Singh during the proceedings of the State Legislative Assembly here yesterady.

Replying to a question raised by Congress MLA Santosh Singh Saluja, Singh said total 8, 53,777 migrants have returned to the state so far. And the highest number of people have returned from states like Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

"District and block-wise details of migrants, including labourers, who had done the registration before returning to the state are being collected," the Minister said.

However, no official information has been availed regarding migrants, who have returned to their h...