MUMBAI : With the number of covid-19 cases steadily rising in the state, Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, on Monday, said that since 1 May, at least 822 Shramik special trains from Maharashtra have taken 11.86 lakh migrant workers back to their home states and the state government has made special arrangements to facilitate the travel of stranded migrant labourers.
Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi have traditionally been employing the maximum number of migrant workers in the country. Deshmukh said that among the 822 trains, most have been sent to Uttar Pradesh (450) followed by Bihar (177), West Bengal (47), Madhya Pradesh (34), Jharkhand (32), Rajasathan (20), Odisha (17), Karnataka (6), and Chhatisgarh (6) among other states.