3 Karnataka special trains chug 4,196 migrants home
Bengaluru, May 28 (IANS) Three Sharmik special trains departed from Karnataka with 4,196 migrants to Odisha, Rajashtan and Bihar, an official said on Wednesday.”Wednesday’s first Sharmik special train from Hosur to Muzaffarpur with 1,589 passengers departed at 6.53 p.m.,” said a South Western Railway (SWR) zone official.According to SWR, Hosur Corporation commissioner was one of the providers of victuals for migrants in the second train.Each passenger was provided with five chapatis (Indian bread), one packet lemon rice, one packet tamarind rice and two litres of water.Similarly, Hosur Corona taskforce management has supplied five chapatis and one bread packet each to the passengers.Hosur Muslim Jamaat has also sponsored tamarid rice with pickle, one biscuit packet, one banana, one sweet lime and a half litre water bottle to each passenger and half litre milk for children.The second special train departed from Mangaluru to Bhadrak in Odisha at 9 p.m.
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