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May Day gift for migrants as trains take them home amid Covid-19 lockdown

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Hours after the MHA released notification, the first train carrying 1,200 migrants to Hatia in Jharkhand started from Lingampalli in Telangana at 5 am on the same day.

Shine Jacob New Delhi
In a relief to migrant labourers stuck in various places across the country, the Indian Railways on Friday started operating “Shramik Special” trains to move them to their home states.
 
On Friday, it operated five trains from Maharashtra, Telangana, Kerala, and Rajasthan for transporting more than 7,000 people, including stranded labourers, pilgrims, tourists, and students.
 
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday came up with a notification on this. Hours before the notification, the first train carrying 1,200 migrants to Hatia in Jharkhand started from Lingampalli in Telangana at 5 am.
 
According to an official of the South Central

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