As the ten-day Ganesh festival comes to an end and Mumbai prepares to return to work, migrants who had returned to Uttar Pradesh are also to return to work in the 'maximum city'.

'I have spent two months in my home in Bahraich but could not find any suitable work for myself. I was working as a house manager in the home of a senior executive in Navi Mumbai. There is no such work here and I cannot dig drains under MGNREGA. My employer has called me twice and I will return to Mumbai this week," said Harikesh, 38.