Covid-19 crisis: 9 migrant deaths on Shramik Special trains since Monday

Railways on Wednesday said that these passengers had pre-existing health conditions

As extreme heat, hunger and dehydration add to the woes of returning migrant workers, nine passengers have been found dead in Shramik Special trains since Monday and they included a woman whose toddler son was seen trying to wake her up in a heart wrenching scene at a railway platform in Bihar.

While a few deaths on board the non-air conditioned trains were also reported earlier after they were launched on May 1 to ferry migrant labourers to their home states, the Railways on Wednesday said most of the deceased had pre-existing health conditions, news agency PTI reported.

The nine