Last Shramik train with migrants expected to depart for Manipur soon

Applications from migrants in Mumbai to head back to their home states have dried up, with only one more Shramik special train expected to leave the city. As per

Applications from migrants in Mumbai to head back to their home states have dried up, with only one more Shramik special train expected to leave the city. As per information provided by Maharashtra government, a total of 837 trains have left from the state till Thursday, with around 12 lakh stranded passengers, mostly migrant labourers.

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The last scheduled train for Manipur is set to leave from Mumbai as soon as the Manipur government permits the same.

“A total of 837 Shramik trains have left from Maharashtra with around 12 lakh migrants. One last scheduled train will leave from Mumbai with around 1,000 migrants for Manipur. There is no more demand at present. If we get more applications, we will ask for more trains in the future,” said Amitabh Gupta, principal secretary (home special).

Incessant rains in Manipur have disrupted train services and Shramik trains have been forced to stop at Guwahati. “We will send the remaining migrants as soon as the Manipur government gives the go-ahead,” Gupta said.

Around 8 lakh people have also left the state in buses and cars. A senior Maharashtra police official said, “A huge number of migrants, several lakhs, who did not register with us have left on foot or in trucks and tempos.” Actor Sonu Sood also helped over 1,000 migrants to return to their home state.

The entire exercise of sending back labourers, which began on May 2, witnessed several incidents of migrants dying in road and train accidents or due to heart attacks. Migrants also died onboard the Shramik trains due to dehydration.

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Mumbai Police on Wednesday lodged seven FIRs against 12 people and arrested four for lockdown violations. Incidentally, not a single case of gathering in public was reported. This could be attributed to the cyclone warnings which instructed people to remain at home. In the seven FIRs, a maximum of three were for not wearing masks, two for shops operating despite being non-essential services, and one each for unnecessary use of vehicle and another for an unclassified violation.

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(With inputs from Manish K Pathak, Faisal Tandel)