Hyderabad/UNI: Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar has said that the state government has run 11 trains on Wednesday to different States -- Bihar, UP, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan.
In a statement here on Thursday, Kumar said in all, 12803 stranded migrant workers were sent to their respective states by these trains.
These trains started in the early hours from different locations in and around Hyderabad.
In addition to these 11 trains, 2 trains had gone to Jharkhand on May 1 and another to Bihar on May 5 carrying 2472 workers.
In fact, the Government had indented for 40 trains and the Chief Minister himself intervened personally to ensure that 40 trains are lined up. Various states were contacted as well.
However, the other states wanted more time for logistics arrangements for the workers. Therefore, despite of the arrangements made by the Telangana State to send these workers back home, 11 trains could only leave on Tuesday. It is mandatory to have consent of the receiving State as per SoP of railway to transport workers.
All the workers who took train on Tuesday were provided with food, masks, fruits, water etc. They were picked up by buses from their respective places and dropped at railway stations.
The Senior officers from IAS and IPS including the Chief Secretary personally monitored the entire movement of the migrant workers.
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