33 trains reach Bihar with 50,000 passengers

PATNA: Approximately 50,000 migrant workers and other people stranded in Delhi and eight other states returned to Bihar by 33 Shramik special trains on Friday.
Since May 2, nearly 18 lakh people have been brought back to different parts of the state that fall under the jurisdiction of the East Central Railway (ECR). Chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar said, “Special trains from the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Borivali in Maharashtra reached Darbhanga, Sitamarhi, Patna and Danapur with 7,000 passengers.Besides, trains from Dorah, Chandigarh and Ludhiana returned to Sitamarhi, Darbhanga, Jamui and Supaul.”
Special trains from Jaipur and Bhilwara in Rajasthan as well as Delhi reached Purnea on Friday where the district administration and the railway officials had made arrangements for thermal screening of all passengers and their safe transportation to other places or quarantine centres.
“With 3,700 people, special trains from Hosur in Tamil Nadu and Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh returned to Muzaffarpur and Barauni,” the CPRO said, adding that 16 other trains ferried passengers to Darbhanga, Bettiah, Madhubani, Supaul, Buxar, Gaya, Gopalganj, Barauni, Aurangabad, Saharsa, Katihar and Bhabua on Friday.