Thousands of migrants have gathered at Bandra railway station in Mumbai.
Unprecedented scenes have been witnessed at Mumbai's Bandra Railway station after thousands of migrant labourers gathered at the station. As per initial reports, the migrants were informed that special trains will be running from the Bandra railway station for labourers.
Initial reports suggest that migrant labourers have started arriving at Bandra railway station at around 9 am but in just few hours, there were around 4,000 - 5,000 labourers present at the station. Sources also said that migrants had received phone calls from police station informing about special trains being arranged for them from Mumbai.
While thousands gathered outside Bandra Railway Station, only people who had registered themselves (about 1,000) were allowed to board the Sharmik special train and rest were later dispersed by the police.
Maharashtra: Huge crowd of migrant workers gathered outside the Bandra railway station in Mumbai earlier today to board a "Shramik special' train to Bihar. Only people who had registered themselves(about 1000) were allowed to board, rest were later dispersed by police. pic.twitter.com/WDsZawtBH5
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2020
Meanwhile, reports of huge crowd of migrant labourers gathering at Chandigarh and Bhopal railway stations have also been reported, according to PTI. More to follow.