Bihar: 65 special trains bring back 95,000 stranded people

PATNA: At least 95,000 migrant workers and other stranded people reached different places in Bihar by 65 Shramik Special trains from 10 states on Monday.
According to the railway officials, nearly 12 lakh migrant workers have so far reached Bihar by 952 special trains since May 2. They said the railways would continue bringing back stranded people from other parts of the country till May 28.
Danapur divisional railway manager (DRM) Sunil Kumar said 13 special trains reached Danapur division of the East Central Railway (ECR) with about 18,000 migrant workers and other stranded people on Monday.Special trains from Tiruvallur in Tamil Naidu; Panvel, Chhatrapatti 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 stations.
According to the DRM, railway staff arranged food packets and water bottles for the migrant workers at Danapur station with the help of IRCTC. “The passengers were served with banana and bread before they boarded buses for their respective destinations in the state,” the DRM added.
ECR chief public relations officer Rajesh Kumar said 24 special trains from Vapi, Bharuch, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Surat, Bhavnagar and Udhna with about 35,000 migrant workers reached Madhepura, Purnia, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur, Samastipur, Kishanganj, Madhubani, Katihar, Gaya, Siwan, Bettiah, Muzaffarpur, Barauni, Chhapra and Sasaram stations.
Special trains from Pune, Bandra, Mumbai and Vassi Road in Maharashtra also reached Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur, Bettiah and Katihar. Six special trains from Secunderabad in Telangana, carrying about 10,000 migrant workers, reached Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Darbhanga.
A special train from Chennai reached Darbhanga with migrant workers while one each special train from Bengaluru and Palghat in Kerala reached Bhagalpur and Bettiah with the stranded people. Special trains from Hassan and Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh reached Katihar and Barauni and three other special trains from Bhiwani in Haryana, carrying about 5,700 migrant workers, reached Bettiah, Motihari and Araria.