 "Lockdown 3.0, coronavirus, Covid-19, migrant workers, transportation")
Uttar Pradesh, which is expecting an influx of over a million stranded workers in the coming weeks, has topped the chart with 215 ‘Shramik Special’ trains ferrying about 230,000 homebound migrants so far.
While, 215 trains had arrived in the state till Sunday afternoon, 57 more trains carrying an estimated 70,000 migrant workers are expected to arrive tonight or in the wee hours tomorrow.
According to the Indian Railways, the national transporter had till Saturday afternoon operated more than 300 special trains since May 1, ferrying over 300,000 migrants stuck in various states following the Covid-19 lockdown in March.
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