Even as around 23000 migrant workers have left from Chandigarh through special shramik trains so far to reach their home states, ten more trains are scheduled to run from May 22 to take the migrant labourers back to their states.
As many as 24867 stranded persons including 22917 migrant workers have left either by special shramik trains or buses from Chandigarh to reach their home towns, said an official spokesman.
A special shramik train with 1440 persons departed at 5 pm for Amethi, Uttar Pradesh from Chandigarh Railway Station on Tuesday.
While earlier two holding centres were set up at ISBT-43 for medical screening of passengers, the Administration has now decided to set up such centres at Chandigarh College of Engineering Technology (CCET) as the bus services is all set to resume in the city.
Giving details of train schedule, the spokesman said that no train is scheduled to run for next two days. On May 22, a train is scheduled to leave for Motihari (East Champaran) in Bihar, Gaya (Bihar) and Dhanbad (Jharkhand) on May 23, Chapra (Saran) in Bihar with stoppage at Siwan on May 24, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) with stoppage at Moradabad and Shahajanpur on May 25, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh) on May 27, Madhapura(Bihar) with stoppage at Ara (Bhojpur district), Danapur (Patna district) and Khagaria on May 28.
The schedule for trains to Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) and Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh) is also being finalized, the spokesman said.
After the Central Government allowed movement of migrant labourers to their native places, more than 35000 migrant workers from the city had got themselves registered with the UT Administration to return to their native States.