Mangaluru, May 10: A special train carrying 1,140 migrant workers stranded here in the lockdown has left Mangaluru railway station for Jharkhand.
Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and Vedavyas Kamath, MLA, were present at the railway station on Saturday night when the train left.
Kamath said the workers who had registered on the state governments Seva Sindhu portal were brought to the railway station in Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation buses.
A health check-up was carried out before they boarded the train.
The district administration also provided food packets and water to the migrants at the station.
Three more trains will leave from Mangaluru for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand soon, he said.
Meanwhile, in a statement, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu P Rupesh said train services are being arranged for migrant workers who have registered their names on the Seva Sindhu portal.
The workers will be informed when trains are arranged to their destinations and they need not throng the railway station unnecessarily, she said.
Around 20,000 workers have so far registered themselves online, including 5,000 from Jharkhand, 3,000 from Uttar Pradesh and 4,000 from Bihar.
Hundreds of migrant workers had on Friday staged a protest at the central railway station here, demanding that they be sent back home.
The workers went back to their camps only after district authorities and police gave them assurance that trains will be arranged in three days.
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It is pre-planned murder,,,tmrw musthafa is to be released from jail
Those who r congratulating for the murder, please go and do it by yourself and feel proud. No... you cant do and u will never do it bcoz it will spoil ur future and your family.
Yererna ammana mage jaild kuriyinda kuriyad nank daane atthe.
Be a human first
Some ppl r happy for the above news..Now kiran will meet d same fate by someone else.
Its easy to type and comment congratulating kiran, but saddna tho kiran ko hai.
Kiran wait for your turn...
This is expected.........Accused considered as culprit.......
In reality culprit ruling the nation...........
falsehood bound to persish.truth prevails.....
For a Mumin if die in the cause of Truth or win both same..... both considered as victory
Indeed great news ... tax payer money saved ,billawa youth prashanth pujari atmakke shanthi sikthu ... good job kiran ... terrorists and criminals must meet the same fate ...
Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajioon
God is great, he dispensed justice inside the jail.
60% Cops are to be considered as terrorist.
Strange, encounter in jail.......Muslims have to suffer everywhere in the name of terrorism.....
Strange, How the criminals get lethal weapons in the Jail????
why the jail is providing them entertainment channel, So, this is the reason people do not hesitate to commit crime. Because they are getting everything in the Jail and leading a lavish lives over there.
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