MUMBAI : Maharashtra may soon start more trains to enable the stranded migrant laborers in the state return home. “The state government is in constant touch with the Center to release as many trains as possible for migrant workers and laborers and arrangements will be made for the return of all of them soon," said Maharashtra Chief minister Uddhav Thackarey’s office on Friday.
Maharashtra government is running at least 4,729 relief camps where 4,28,734 migrant labourers have been given refuge with food and other necessities.
Thackarey will address the state at 8 PM about the covid-19 situation today and has appealed to the migrant workers not to lose patience.