65 Shramik special trains reach Bihar on Monday

PATNA: About 95,000 migrant workers and other people stranded in various states due to lockdown reached different places in Bihar by 65 Shramik special trains from 10 states on Monday.
Nearly 12 lakh migrant workers have so far reached Bihar by 952 shramik special trains since May 2. Railways will continue bringing back migrant workers and other stranded people from other parts of the country by shramik special trains as per state government requisition to railways till May 28.
Danapur divisional railway manager ( DRM ) Sunil Kumar said that 13 shramik special trains reached Danapur division of the East Central Railway ( ECR ) carrying about 18,000 migrant workers and other stranded people on Monday.Shramik special trains from Tiruvallur in Tamil Naidu , Panvel, Chatrapatti Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai, Palghar, Pune and Lokmanya Tilak station in Maharashtra, Jodhpur and Alwar in Rajasthan, Junagarh and Surat in Gujarat and Secunderabad in Telangana reached Danapur, Buxar, Jehanabad and Ara on Monday.
According to the DRM , Danapur commercial staff with the help of IRCTC arranged food packets and water bottles to all needy migrant workers at Danapur station. “They were also served with banana and bread while boarding buses for their transportation to respective places.’ Railways has directed its volunteers of the commercial staff to ensure that none of the migrant workers are left without meals and water on their arrival at Danapur,” he said .
ECR chief public relations officer ( CPRO ) Rajesh Kumar said that 24 special trains from Vapi , Bharuch , Rajkot , Ahmedabad , Surat , Bhavnagar and Udhna carrying about 35000 migrant workers reached Madhepura, Purnea, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur, Samastipur, Kishanganj, Madhubani, Katihar, Gaya, Siwan, Bettiah, Muzaffarpur, Barauni, Chhapra and Sasaram on Monday.
Similarly shramik special trains from Pune, Bandra, Lokmanya Tilak Mumbai and Vassi Road in Maharashtra reached Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur, Bettiah and Katihar with mostly migrant workers while six special trains from Secunderabad in Telangana carrying about 10,000 migrant workers reached Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Darbhanga on Monday.
Besides one special train from Chennai in Tamil Naidu reached Darbhanga with migrant workers while one each special train from Bengaluru in Karnataka and Palghat in Kerala State reached Bhagalpur and Bettiah with mostly migrant workers. Special trains from Hassan and Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh reached Katihar and Barauni and three other special trains from Bhiwani in Haryana carrying about 5700 migrant workers reached Bettiah , Motihari and Araria on Monday.