Bhubaneswar: As part of the government’s process to transport migrant workers, pilgrims, students and others stranded in different states due to the lockdown to their native places, five Shramik Special trains will leave three states – Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu — for three different destinations in Odisha.
The latest lot of Odisha-bound special trains are:
* Two from Ahmedabad to Khurda Road.
* One from Panvel (Mumbai) to Titlagarh.
* One from Chennai to Jagannathpur.
* One train from Surat to Jagannathpur.
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Meanwhile, a special train carrying the migrant Odia works left Surat on Saturday. Thanking the Surat administration, the returnees showered flowers on the district officials including the collector Dhaval Kumar Patel who was present at the railway station.
The train will reach Berhampur railway station on Sunday.