SCR ferries home 3L migrant workers

Hyderabad: As many as 3 lakh migrant workers were ferries back to their native states across the country as on Friday by the South Central Railway (SCR). Beginning on May 1, the SCR has run 235 Shramik Special trains, out of which 146 started from Telangana to transport 1.87 lakh passengers. According to officials, supply of food and water were also taken care at every stage, in coordination with the state governments.Among the 235 trains, 71 trains were run from Andhra Pradesh to transport around 90,000 passengers and 18 from Maharashtra. TNN