3 Shramik specials leave with 3,500

Margao: Three Shramik Specials carrying over 3,500 migrants departed from Goa for Uttar Pradesh, Mizoram and Assam on Thursday.

The first train left Margao railway station for Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, with 984 passengers at 12.55pm. Another Shramik Special departed from Karmali station with 1,351 passengers for Dibrugarh, Assam, after 8pm.

The last train left Margao railway station for Bairabi, Mizoram, at 9pm with 1,293 passengers.

Around 45 passengers boarded the Rajdhani Express to Trivandrum, while 15 passengers including 12 adults and three children alighted at Margao.

A total of 34 Shramik Special trains have left Goa with over 72,000 migrants and people stranded during the lockdown.