Mahendra Yadav, an activist working among migrant workers in flood-prone Koshi region of North Bihar from where a large number of poverty-stricken workers migrate to earn livelihood, said initially Nitish Kumar was not in favour of bringing back migrant workers on one pretext or the other. It was only after Opposition pressure and reports of stranded migrant workers from the state staging protests in Gujarat, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi and other places that the state government finally woke up early this month to make half-hearted efforts to bring the back, he told NewsClick. Yadav said it was the sheer failure of the state and Central governments that had forced thousands of stranded migrants, along with women and children, to walk hundreds of kilometres, ride cycles, or board trucks and other heavy vehicles in desperation in the past over one-and-half months. ”There is no exact record with the government as to how many migrant workers have reached Bihar walking, cycling and by other means. Going by reports, hundreds are reaching the state on a daily