4,000 migrant workers arrive in Jharkhand from 4 states

RAMGARH/JAMSHEDPUR/SINDRI: More than 3,000 migrants reached various stations in Jharkhand on three Shramik special trains from Bengaluru (Karnataka), Hyderabad (Telangana) and Surat (Gujarat) on Thursday. More than 13,000 migrants, including 2,000 students, have now been brought back on 15 special trains from across the country since May 1.
In Ramgarh, a train ferrying 1,150 migrants from Jharkhand and one from Sundargarh district in Odisha arrived at Barkakana junction from Bengaluru early in the morning.Senior district administration officials were at the station to ensure safety protocols were followed as the passengers deboarded the train before being sent to their home districts after being provided with masks, sanitizers and food packets.
Of the passengers, 370 are from Garhwa district, 351 from Palamu district. Ramgarh DC Sandeep Singh said, “The migrants were received following social distancing norms and were sent to their destinations in vehicles provided by their respective district administrations. The lone passenger from Odisha has been kept under quarantine until there a vehicle is arranged.”
Anjay Tiwari, divisional traffic manager (DTM), East Central Railway (ECR) in Barkakana, said, “The special train departed from Bengluru on Monday evening and reached Barkakana on Thursday at 4 am.” The train left the Karnataka capital a day before the B S Yeddyurappa government in the southern state stopped all special trains from leaving Bengaluru.
In Jamshedpur, 879 migrants from 17 different districts in Jharkhand reached Tatanagar from Ghatkesar station in Hyderabad. The same protocol was followed before they were sent to their destinations on 34 buses. Majority of the passengers was from Palamu (398), followed by Garhwa (231) and Latehar (92). One migrant, a resident of Chakulia, has been shifted to Kadma quarantine center.
A third train, from Surat, reached Dhanbad with 1,198 workers from on Thursday. Dhanbad DC Amit Kumar said 1,094 passengers were from Giridih, 30 from Koderma, 29 from Palamu, 11 from Hazaribag, seven from Deoghar, five from Chatra, three from Latehar and two from Garhwa. They were sent to their respective districts by buses.