55,000 people reach home by 35 Shramik special trains in Bihar

PATNA: At least 35 Shramik special trains carrying about 55,000 migrant workers and other stranded persons reached different places in Bihar from Delhi and nine other states on Sunday. The East Central Railway ( ECR ) has so far received 1,476 Shramik special trains and brought back nearly 19lakh migrant workers and others stranded to the state since May 2.
ECR chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar said that Shramik special trains from Chennai, Chengalpattu, Tiruppur and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu carrying about 9,000 migrants and others stranded reached Madhubani, Jehanabad, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur and Darbhanga on Sunday, while three other special trains from Bengaluru, carrying 4,700 migrants reached Araria , Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur on Sunday.
“Five Shramik special trains from Ludhiana and one special train from Amritsar in Punjab carrying migrant workers reached Madhepura, Madhubani, Nalanda, Patna and Purnia on Sunday, while Shramik special trains from Gandhidham and Vapi in Gujarat carrying about 4,500 migrant workers reached Chhapra and Nalanda on Sunday,” the CPRO said adding, “Shramik special trains from Lokmanya Tilak and Borivali in Maharashtra reached Bhagalpur and Darbhanga on Sunday.”
Besides these, a Shramik special train from Anand Vihar (Delhi), carrying mostly migrant workers, reached Purnia on Sunday and another special train from Dehradun in Uttrakhand reached Motihari with migrant workers. Three Shramik special trains from Jalalpur and one special train from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh carrying about 6,300 migrant workers reached Katihar and Saharsa on Sunday . “Migrants had to undergo health check-up on the platforms of these two stations in presence of railway and government doctors. While a Shramik special train from Jirania in Tripura reached Gaya with migrant workers,” the CPRO said.
Several other Shramik special trains ferried stranded migrant workers to their native places in Bihar from Bettiah to Barauni, Danapur to Bettiah, Danapur to Gopalganj, Danapur to Madhubani and Barauni to Madhubani on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Danapur senior divisional commercial manager Adhar Raj said that Danapur commercial staff engaged in serving meals and other requirements to passengers travelling by Shramik special trains had served about 5.2 lakh meal packets among migrant workers at Danapur during the last one fortnight. “Besides, the railways had also provided meals to passengers travelling by special train from Goa to Bairbi in northeast at Patna Junction on Saturday,” Raj said.