Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 2 (ANI): A special train carrying migrant workers has left from Sabarmati in Ahmedabad for Agra in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 2 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has requested the Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal in a letter to run as many as 28 trains to bring back migrants belonging to the state from different parts of the country.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 2 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday spoke to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over sending migrant workers from Karnataka to Odisha.
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): A special train from Ernakulam in Kerala to Odisha's Bhubaneswar carrying migrant labourers reached Renigunta railway station in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday morning, an official said.
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): As India fights the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, ace Indian paddler Sharath Kamal distributed rice and vegetables among the workers affected due to the nationwide lockdown.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): As many as 38 people from Madhya Pradesh, who were stranded in Rajasthan due to COVID-19 lockdown, arrived here.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 2 (ANI): JDS leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy accused the Mandya district administration of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the district and not quarantining 7,000 labourers who arrived here from Mumbai.
Barwani (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): A migrant worker, who was going back to Uttar Pradesh, his home state, from Maharashtra on a cycle, died midway in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani on Friday.
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], May 2 (ANI): Around 1400 migrant workers from neighbouring districts, working at brick manufacturing factories in Hubli were sent to their respective districts on buses, amid coronavirus lockdown.
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Till now, five trains have commenced their journey carrying migrant workers, students and other people on the request of the respective state governments, said Railways official.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 2 (ANI): Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday welcomed Centre's decision to grant permission for movement of the stranded people, including migrants labourers. However, he expressed concern over migrants leavi
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], May 2 (ANI): Migrant workers, who were walking to their homes in the lockdown, on Friday expressed disappointment over not getting assistance from helpline numbers.