Covid-19: As trains roll in, states scurry to cope with migrant influx

The first train to Bihar carrying 1,187 stranded migrants reached the Danapur railway station on Saturday

As some states braced for a large return of migrants, more non-stop ‘Shramik Special’ trains were operated on Saturday to ferry stranded workers, a day after the Railways rolled out the first such passenger service during the national lockdown.

The first train to Bihar carrying 1,187 stranded migrant labourers reached the Danapur railway station on the outskirts of Patna from Jaipur in the afternoon after a 16-hour journey. Most of the train services originated from Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

As plans were afoot to operate hundreds of trains in the coming days, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and his