Meanwhile, Chandauli police came to the rescue of 16 workers walking along the Varanasi-Samastipur railway track in an attempt to reach their village in Samastipur (Bihar).
Superintendent of police of Chandauli, Hemant Kutiyal, said that the labourers hailing from Bihar’s Samastipur and Chapra left for their homes in trains from Kerala’s Calicut before the nation-wide lockdown. They reached Jhansi from where they had to board another train to reach Samastipur. But upon their arrival at Jhansi, train operations were suspended due to the nation-wide lockdown. They somehow managed to reach Varanasi from Jhansi but could not get any transport to Bihar.
They later walked along railway tracks to reach Chandauli’s Kuchman station sans food or water and decided to walk along the tracks to their homes at Samastipur and Chapra. On being informed, a police team rescued the workers. They were medically checked and fed. The SP said that arrangements were being made to ensure their safe transit to their destinations.