A senior railway official said that migrants are being sent back on a very large scale to their native places by the railways. Speaking exclusively to All India Radio he said that special Shramik trains are being run from states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Delhi and Around 45 lakhs migrants have been transported from one place to another.
According to the senior official concession in railway fares will only be given to patients and divyangjans in reservation and no other concession will be available for any other citizen. While senior citizen could avail preference in lower berths. (AIR)