<span style="color: #222222;">In Karnataka, 45 new COVID 19 positive cases were confirmed today with maximum of 14 cases reported from Davangere followed by 12 in Uttara Kannada, 11 from Belagavi, seven from Bengaluru urban and one from Ballary. In another development the railways has made arrangements to run three shramik special trains today to carry the migrant labourers. Each train will carry 1200 passengers. According to the railway sources, the trains to Dhanbad in Bihar and to Lucknow in UP will leave at 4.00 pm and another train to Lucknow will leave at 6.00 pm today.<br />'' <br />'' AIR Correspondent reports, Karnataka has received consent from Bihar to run one special train everyday and Madhya Pradesh too has consented for one special train every day from today till 15th of this month. Apart from Shramik express, the south western railways is also running the parcel express trains transporting essential commodities to other parts of the country. The South Western Railway has also modified 320 passenger coaches into COVID Care Centres for keeping infected patients in isolation. These coaches are placed in 14 railway stations within the state.</span><br />
News On AIR | May 8, 2020 2:24 PM
Karnataka gets consent from Bihar, MP to run one special train daily to carry stranded migrant labourers