Railways draws plan to transport 4.6 million migrants in 10 days

As many as 3.6 million people taken to their homes in inter-state Shramik Special trains

The Indian Railways will transport 3.6 million migrant workers to their home states and another one million within states in 2,600 special trains till June 2, said a senior officer of the service on Saturday.

Starting May 1, Shramik Special trains have transported 4.5 million migrant workers in 2,600 trains over the last 23 days. These include 3.5 million inter-state passengers. According to the home ministry’s estimates, around 4 million migrants travelled so far using inter-state bus services. “The Railways have decided to operationalise 2,600 more Shramik Special Trains over the next 10 days across the country as per the