Special train ferries migrants from Hyderabad to Jharkhand in lockdown

Those boarded the train were brought from their workplace at IIT-Hyderabad campus little over 30 kms from Lingampally during the previous night

A special train carrying 1225 migrant labourers from Jharkhand left the suburban Lingampally station for Hatia in the early hours on Friday in a well coordinated effort by the Telangana government and officials of the South Central Railways.

Those, who boarded the train, were brought from their workplaces at IIT-Hyderabad campus little over 30 kms from Lingampally during the previous night after they cleared the screening test for coronavirus symptoms. The state government has requested the Centre to arrange for a special train to send this group of migrant labourers to their home state after they turned violent and clashed