COVID-19 lockdown: Special train ferries stranded migrants from Telangana to Jharkhand

New Delhi, May 1 () Railways on Friday ran a special train to ferry 1,200 stranded migrants from Lingampally in Telangana to Hatia in Jharkhand, a first since the lockdown began.

"The 24 coach train started at 4.50 am today (Friday)," RPF DG Arun Kumar told .

It's the only train to be deployed so far, he added.

Incidentally Friday is also the international Labour Day. ASG GJS RHLRHLRHL