Over 5,000 migrants reach Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Mau by four special trains

VARANASI: Four Shramik Express trains carrying over 5,000 migrant workers reached Mau, Ghazipur and Azamgarh districts between Tuesday night and Wednesday evening.
In the four trains that came from Surat, Mehsana, Jamnagar and Ahmadabad in Gujarat, not only migrant labourers from over 40 districts of UP but scores of Nepalese also arrived. Those who Ghazipur from Mehsana claimed they had been charged Rs 910 each.
In Ghazipur, the first Sharmik Express train reached from Mehsana on Wednesday morning with 1,200 passengers.DM Ghazipur Omprakash Arya, camped at Ghazipur City junction to monitor the arrival and departure of migrants.
He said, “1200 migrants had reached from Mehsana while equal number of passengers reached by other train from Jamnagar. Of these, 365 belonged to Ghazipur while others were from other 46 districts of state. District wise buses were arranged for them.”
Regarding Nepalese migrants who came from Mehsana, he said that they would be quarantined at shelter home till the government finalises the schedule for sending them to Nepal.
Passengers like Manoj Yadav and Ajay Chawdhary, who reached Ghazipur from Mehsana, showed tickets sold to them by officials at Mehsana railway station before boarding the train and claimed that Rs 910 was charged from each passenger.
They said that they faced problem in arranging money to buy tickets as well as getting registered for reaching home by the train but were happy now to reach home.
Another train reached Azamgarh from Ahmadabad on Wednesday afternoon with 1,641 passengers, said DM Azamgarh NP Singh, adding of them 164 belonged to Azamgarh. Other 1,477 belonged to 33 other districts of UP and after proper screening and providing food they were sent by buses, said the officials.
Earlier, a train with 1205 passengers reached Mau junction from Surat on Tuesday night. DM Mau Gyan Prakash Tripathi said that 902 belonged to Mau, 286 of Azamgarh, 14 of Gorakhpur and one each of Ballia and Siddharthnagar.