PATNA: Sugriv Kumar, a resident of Kishanganj district, looked delighted as he got off the special train carrying migrant workers and students from Kerala at Muzaffarpur station on Tuesday evening.
Kumar (45) said he was among the lucky ones to have managed to reach home safely. “Thank God that I have reached hale and hearty. But there are hundreds who are still waiting for their turn to come back to Bihar. You can well imagine the mental agony of those stranded people,” he said while waiving at his fellow passengers.
Kumar was provided with food packets and bottles of water before he left for his home town Kishanganj in a bus from Muzaffarpur. He, however, didn’t forget to mention that he had to pay the fare to the railways for his travel from Kerala to Muzaffarpur and then from Muzaffarpur to Kishanganj by bus.
Around 1,200 migrant workers and students reached Muzaffarpur by Earnakulam Express. Adequate security arrangements were made by the district administration on the railway platform and outside to ensure smooth passage of passengers to the bus stop. The travellers were asked to fill up the requisite forms before leaving for their destinations.
A senior official of the disaster management department said, “People from 25 districts reached Muzaffarpur from Kerala by the special train on Tuesday. They left for their destinations after proper screening by the doctors. They were also asked to stay in quarantine for 21 days in their respective blocks.”
Around 4 am, a special train carrying altogether 1,208 migrant workers from Ahmedabad in Gujarat reached Muzaffarpur junction. Rakesh Kumar (30), a resident of Saran district, said the passengers had to travel without food and water. “We survived on biscuits and snacks that we were carrying with us,” he said.
But an elderly man, who showed his travel ticket to media persons waiting outside, said he was satisfied with the arrangements made by the district administration at Muzaffarpur junction. “The officials not only supplied food packets and water bottles but also were very courteous and behaved well,” he said, adding, he had to pay Rs715 as train fare and Rs15 as bus fare.
Kumar (45) said he was among the lucky ones to have managed to reach home safely. “Thank God that I have reached hale and hearty. But there are hundreds who are still waiting for their turn to come back to Bihar. You can well imagine the mental agony of those stranded people,” he said while waiving at his fellow passengers.
Kumar was provided with food packets and bottles of water before he left for his home town Kishanganj in a bus from Muzaffarpur. He, however, didn’t forget to mention that he had to pay the fare to the railways for his travel from Kerala to Muzaffarpur and then from Muzaffarpur to Kishanganj by bus.
Around 1,200 migrant workers and students reached Muzaffarpur by Earnakulam Express. Adequate security arrangements were made by the district administration on the railway platform and outside to ensure smooth passage of passengers to the bus stop. The travellers were asked to fill up the requisite forms before leaving for their destinations.
A senior official of the disaster management department said, “People from 25 districts reached Muzaffarpur from Kerala by the special train on Tuesday. They left for their destinations after proper screening by the doctors. They were also asked to stay in quarantine for 21 days in their respective blocks.”
Around 4 am, a special train carrying altogether 1,208 migrant workers from Ahmedabad in Gujarat reached Muzaffarpur junction. Rakesh Kumar (30), a resident of Saran district, said the passengers had to travel without food and water. “We survived on biscuits and snacks that we were carrying with us,” he said.
But an elderly man, who showed his travel ticket to media persons waiting outside, said he was satisfied with the arrangements made by the district administration at Muzaffarpur junction. “The officials not only supplied food packets and water bottles but also were very courteous and behaved well,” he said, adding, he had to pay Rs715 as train fare and Rs15 as bus fare.
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