About 3,600 Odia people leave city in three trains

TNN | May 4, 2020, 04:00 IST

Social distancing maintained in the railway station on Sunday

Surat: For the second consecutive day on Sunday, 3,600 Odia migrants left the city for Jagganthpur station on the outskirts of Berhampur in Odisha in three shramik special trains. Sources said the first train left Surat with about 1,200 Odia workers at about 10am and the other passengers in two trains at 1pm and 4.30pm.
Two special trains carrying over 2,300 migrant workers had left the city for Odisha and Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
Railway officials informed that five more shramik special trains will run on Monday, three to Odisha and one each to Dhanbad in Jharkhand and Patna in Bihar. Each train will ferry about 1,200 passengers.
Railway officials said medical screening of Odia passengers was carried out at the entrance of the railway station. The passengers boarded the trains wearing masks and maintained social distancing norms.
CR Garuda, area railway manager, said, “Shramik special trains are non-stop trains with about six emergency halts for change of duty personnel. At all the six stations on the route from Surat to Jagganthpur station, no other passengers will be allowed to board the trains. Five more trains will run on Monday for Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar.”