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75 lakh migrants returned home in trains, buses since lockdown was imposed: Centre

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New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday said around four crore migrant labourers are engaged in various works in different parts of the country and so far 75 lakh of them have returned home in trains and buses since the nationwide lockdown was imposed.

Joint Secretary in the Union Home Ministry, Punya Salila Srivastava, said the railways have engaged over 2,600 'Shramik' special trains since May 1 for transportation of the migrant workers from different parts of the country to their destinations. "According to the last census report, there are four crore migrant workers in the country," she said at a press conference here.

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