May 8, 2020 2:33 PM

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200 Shramik special trains carry nearly 2 lakh migrants back home

<span style="color: #222222;">Indian Railways has said that it has operated about 200 Shramik Special trains since 1st of this month and ferried home nearly 2 lakh migrants stranded in various parts of the country due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.<br />'' <br />'' Forty such trains departed yesterday, including the first train to originate from New Delhi carrying 1,200 migrant workers to Chattarpur in Madhya Pradesh.<br />'' <br />'' Railways said it ran 56 Shramik Special Trains on Wednesday.<br />'' <br />'' Every special train has 24 coaches, each with a capacity of 72 seats. But the national transporter is allowing only 54 people in a coach to maintain social distancing norms by not allotting the middle berth to any passenger.<br />'' <br />'' Since the beginning of the services, Gujarat remained one of the top originating stations, followed by Kerala.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Among the receiving states, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh remained the top states.   </span><br />

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