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

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

Vasai: Migrants from Uttar Pradesh leave from Suncity due to no train facility to their native places following only one train was going to Odisha, during the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown. (PTI Photo)
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The nine deaths on different trains heading to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar occurred since Monday but were reported by the Railways and civil authorities in the two states on Wednesday

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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