Despite Shramik trains, it's a long walk back home for migrant workers

Harbinder, 54, a farmer hailing from a border area in Punjab, said he has been walking for two days and has very little savings.

Even as the government has started Shramik special trains to take migrant workers to their homes, there are workers who are finding difficulty in reaching their native places in other states.

Bholaram, a mason worker who was staying at Delhi government's shelter home at Yamuna Bank, said he has started walking once again since Wednesday.

"This is not the first time I have started walking. After the announcement of the first lockdown, I had tried to go back to Agra but in midway, Delhi police instructed us to go to a shelter home. Honestly saying I really don't have money to pay