Railways said proper screening of passengers is ensured before boarding the train. During the journey, passengers are given free meals and water The Indian Railways on Sunday said that, amid pandemic, a total of 366 “Shramik Special" trains have been taking migrant workers at various states of the country to their native places.
Of these, 287 of them have reached their destination while 79 are in transit. So far, at least 400,000 passengers have availed themselves of these trains.
These 287 trains have terminated in various states like Andhra Pradesh (one train), Bihar (87), Himachal Pradesh (1), Jharkhand (16), Madhya Pradesh (24), Maharashtra (3), Odisha (20), Rajasthan (4), Telangana (2), Uttar Pradesh (127), West Bengal (2).