Train from Aluva to Bhubaneswar to take first set of 1,200 migrants home

6,000 litres of water, food for Day One of the journey arranged; Most of 360,000 'guest workers' staying in 20,826 camps at present want to head back home

The first train carrying some 1,200 migrant workers from Kerala to Bhubaneswar, in Odisha, has started from Aluva near Ernakulam on Friday night. Several hundreds of migrants from Perumbavur, which is the hub of such workers in the State, have lined up in queues without following the social distancing norms to register for the journey.

An official from Indian Railways said that the train carrying the migrant workers, left Aluva at 21:55 hrs. The Union Ministry of Railways has announced that it is running Shramik Special trains from Labour Day, on Friday, to move migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students