20,000 migrants leave Telangana in Shramik special trains

Since the last one week, close to 20,000 migrant workers had been transported in Shramik Special Trains from Hyderabad to different States such as Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.

As per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Telangana government has collaborated with the South Central Railway (SCR) and were running Shramik Special Trains from May 1 to move migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places due to the lockdown.

According to SCR officials, special trains are being run only after taking necessary measures,



including sanitisation of the stations and trains, marking of circles for maintaining physical distance and offering masks to migrant workers before they board the train. These special trains are being operated from point-to-point on the request of both the State governments concerned as per the standard protocols for sending and receiving such stranded persons.

In Hyderabad, railway officials, along with the police department and district administration, have been sending migrant workers to their respective States from Lingampally, Cherlapally, Ghatkesar, Bibinagar, Medchal and Bolarum stations.