1,400 migrant workers leave for Jalpaiguri in Shramik special

HUBBALLI: Shramik Special, with 1,443 migrant workers on board, left Hubballi for New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal around noon on Sunday.
Before boarding, all the passengers were medically screened and asked to follow the norms to stay safe and free of infection. They were also made to use sanitiser, wear masks and maintain social distance on board the train.
The Hubballi division of SWR has so far run 20 Shramik specials, ferrying 29,578 passengers to different destinations across the country: Uttar Pradesh (eight trains), Bihar (five), Rajasthan (two), Jharkhand (two), West Bengal (two) and Odisha (one).
OF the 20 special trains, 13 trains were run from the Hubballi station, four from Ballari station and one each from Hosapete, Belagavi and Koppal stations.