1.7L migrants reach state by 120 trains

PATNA: Altogether 120 Shramik Special trains, carrying nearly 1.7 lakh migrant workers and other stranded people from 11 states, including Delhi, reached different places in Bihar on Saturday.

East Central Railway (ECR) has so far received 798 Shramik Special trains by which 10 lakh stranded people, mostly migrant workers, have returned home from different parts of the country.

ECR chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar said 32 special trains from Gujarat, 17 from Maharashtra, 12 from Uttar Pradesh, 12 from Delhi and six from Punjab reached Siwan, Kishanganj, Buxar, Gaya, Saharsa and Muzaffarpur on Saturday. Two special trains from Bengaluru and one each from Hubli and Kalaburagi in Karnataka, carrying nearly 5,600 passengers, reached Darbhanga, Barauni, Gaya and Saharsa.

Similarly, five special trains from Namakkal, Kathpadi, Coimbatore, Chennai and Ramanathapuram in Tamil Naidu reached Samastipur, Araria, Biharshraif, Supaul and Gaya. Three special trains from Panipat, Ambala and Bhiwani in Haryana reached Muzaffarpur and Katihar.

Besides, three special trains each from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana also reached Bihar with migrant workers. Two special trains from Jaipur and Jodhpur in Rajasthan, carrying about 2,800 people, arrived at Danapur.

“Altogether 18 special trains were pressed into service to carry stranded migrant workers to their respective native places in different districts from Danapur, Buxar, Gaya, Bettiah, Barauni, Siwan, Madhubani and Supaul,” the CPRO said.