Special train ferries over 1200 stranded labourers to Ranchi from Telangana

May 01, 2020

Ranchi (Jharkhand), May 02 (ANI): Migrant labourers arrived at Hatia railway station amid COVID-19 lockdown. A 'Special Train' was arranged in Telangana to send stranded migrants to their native districts. Heavy security was deployed at the railway station. Buses were waiting at the station for labourers to take them home. The move came after Centre’s decision to run special trains for the migrant labourers and stranded students to send them back home. Rai Mahimapat Ray, Ranchi Deputy Commissioner said, "More than 1250 people have arrived, they will be taken to their respective districts in buses, they will be quarantined there."