1,300 people return to Saurashtra from Mumbai

Rajkot: More than 1,300 people from from Amreli, Junagadh, Botad and Gir Somnath districts who were stuck in Mumbai have been brought back to Saurashtra. The Amreli district administration arranged for a special train to run between Savarkundala and Mumbai to bring these stranded workers and businessmen.
“There were more than 1,300 people from Saurashtra who had gone to Mumbai for jobs and businesses and got stuck in the maximum city ever since the lockdown was imposed.We decided to bring them back to Savarkundala in a special train,” said R R Gohil, regional officer of Savarkundala, adding that the seating arrangements were done in a manner so as to maintain social distancing norms.
“Once the train reached Savarkundala station, cops were deployed at all the coaches to ensure that social distancing was maintained by passengers even when de-boarding the train. The luggage of the passengers were sanitized before they were sent to their respective villages in different buses,” Gohil added.