indiaUpdated: May 08, 2020 11:17 ISTA train in India crashed into a group of migrant workers walking along the railroad tracks on to their way back to their home state on Friday, killing at least 16. According to railway officials, the workers were walking towards their home state Madhya Pradesh after they lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 lockdown. It was at 5.22 am that the approaching goods train ran over these labourers, the railways ministry said in a statement. Amid the nationwide lockdown, thousands of migrant workers stranded in several other cities have been on an unending toil to return to their native places on foot. The Railways has started running ‘Shramik Special’ trains to transport the stranded migrants to their native places since May 1.

Source: Hindustan Times May 08, 2020 05:39 UTC