7 special trains from Karnataka ferry over 10,000 migrant workers

Team Udayavani, May 15, 2020, 11:22 AM IST

Seven SWR zone special trains ferried 10,063 migrant workers back home to six Indian states.

The first Shramik Special train from Hubballi left at 12.20 pm with 1,361 passengers bound for Jodhpur and second special train with 1,550 migrants departed Chikka Bannavara station at 3.30 pm to Muzaffarpur in Bihar on Thursday.

Two trains, third and fourth, left Chikka Bannavara station for Gorakhpur with 1,520 and 1440 migrants at 4.50 p.m. and 6.35 p.m. respectively. Fifth special train departed Malur station for Katihar in Bihar at 6.15 pm with 1,462 migrants.

The sixth train from Chikka Bannavara station to Jiribam in Manipur departed at 7.28 pm with 1,450 passengers at 8.30 pm and seventh special train from Chikka Bannavara to Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir left at 10.39 pm with 1,280 migrants.

Eighth train is scheduled  to leave for Jasidh in Jharkhand from Malur.

These special trains are being organised after the Union ministry of home affairs grants permission for the movement of stranded migrant labourers, students, tourists and others.