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Some lockdown images and words get seared to your consciousness. That of a migrant woman carrying a big bag on her head, a child on her right hip, walking from Mumbai to Karnataka to go home under a scorching May sun. A smiling migrant worker saying philosophically that they are trying to cover long distances on foot 'Ram-bharose' (at the mercy of God).

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Delhi government on Friday said it would bear the cost of train travel of migrant workers if their home states didn’t respond on the issue.

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The return of migrant workers to West Bengal has become another flashpoint between the Centre and the TMC-led state government with home minister Amit Shah alleging that the state government is not allowing special trains. However, the TMC government accused the Centre of "lying" and said they have planned eight trains to ferry migrants.

The Indian Railways has operated 302 ‘Shramik Special' trains since May 1 and ferried home more than 3 lakh migrants stranded in various parts of the country amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, officials said. The national transporter has planned to operate 47 trains on Saturday, out of which 34 trains have already departed, they said.

The return of migrant workers to West Bengal has become another flashpoint between the Centre and the TMC-led state government with home minister Amit Shah alleging that the state government is not allowing special trains. However, the TMC government accused the Centre of "lying" and said they have planned eight trains to ferry migrants.

The Indian Railways has operated 302 ‘Shramik Special' trains since May 1 and ferried home more than 3 lakh migrants stranded in various parts of the country amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, officials said. The national transporter has planned to operate 47 trains on Saturday, out of which 34 trains have already departed, they said.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk to chief ministers of those states who are not allowing migrant workers to come back home.

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The Railways announced a comprehensive probe into the accident which occurred at 5.15 am near Karmad, around 30 km from Aurangabad city

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Their children – a three-year-old son and a four-year-old daughter – survived.

Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashok said the government was awaiting consent from other states to send the migrant workers home.

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The Supreme Court stayed the order after the Centre said it was ‘unworkable’ and passed without consultation.

The Congress leader said the Centre seemed oblivious that thousands of migrant workers had started walking to their home states.

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In his letter to Mamata Banerjee’s state government, the Union home minister said that this may further create hardship for the labourers.

The police have arrested over 60 people and another 60 have been detained.

The Union home minister had alleged that the state government was being unjust to migrant workers by not allowing ‘Sharmik’ special trains.

The party said that the workers had applied to the state government for passes to return home, but the administration did not act on it.

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The second Shramik special train with 1,131 passengers left Kadpadi junction for Ranchi on Friday at 7.40 p.m. The passengers were brought to the stat

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The previous night, they had called up relatives in Madhya Pradesh to say they were in a helpless state

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The Centre said it feared that the order may have a “cascading effect” on migrants of other States as well