A ‘Shramik Special’ train carrying 1200 migrant labourers of Jharkhand reached Ranchi on Friday.
The train – first one to be run in the country following enforcement of lockdown to contain COVID-19 spread – started its journey from Lingampalli Railway Station in Telangana and travelled non-stop to arrive at Hatia Railway Station near Ranchi.
The Hemant Soren Government heaved a sigh of relief as the train service resumed exclusively for migrant labourers coinciding with International Labour Day.
The government was under enormous pressure with close to one million migrant labourers from the tribal dominated State reported stranded in different parts of the country.
Late evening on Thursday, migrant workers from Jharkhand had burst into jubilation when Telangana police knocked at their doors.
“It was probably 11.30 p.m. on Thursday when Telangana police came to the construction site of Shapoorji Pallonji near Hyderabad where we were working. A police person called out labourers only from Jharkhand and asked to get rea