100th Shramik special train carrying migrants leaves Pune

Pune: The 100th 'Shramik special' train from Pune, carrying over 680 passengers, mostly migrant workers, students and their families, departed for Jharkhand on Wednesday, the district administration said.

There were 682 passengers on board the Pune-Hatia train, which was the 100th Shramik special train to depart from the city.

Of these 682 passengers, 618 were from Jharkhand, 57 from Odisha and seven from West Bengal. The passengers include migrant workers, students and their families.

So far 1.25 lakh passengers, mostly migrant workers, have been carried in Shramik special trains from Pune to different states, including Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan.