Mumbai: Chaos at Bandra Station as Migrants gather in Thousands

Distressed migrants gather in thousands gathered at Mumbai‘s Bandra station once again. As per initial reports, the migrants were informed that special trains will be running from the Bandra railway station for labourers. Thousands gathered outside Bandra Railway Station, but only people who had registered themselves (about 1,000) were allowed to board the Shramik special train to Bihar.

Maharashtra: Huge crowd of migrant workers gathered outside the Bandra railway station in Mumbai earlier today to board a “Shramik special’ train to Bihar. Only people who had registered themselves(about 1000) were allowed to board, rest were later dispersed by police. pic.twitter.com/WDsZawtBH5

— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2020

As reported by sources to ANI, The migrants had received phone calls informing about special trains being arranged for them from Mumbai. Massive crowds gathered outside the station to board the train. They violated all social distancing norms set by the government to control the COVID-19 Pandemic. Those who had registered were allowed to board the train. The rest were dispersed by the police. The situation is reportedly under control.

This is the second time such a huge crowd of migrants has been witnessed in Bandra.  Thousands of migrants assembled in April a fake WhatsApp news did rounds that special trains were being run to send them back home.

India entered its fourth phase of lockdown that began on Monday. The nation’s total COVID-19 tally climbed to 1,01,139 on Tuesday, including 58,802 active cases, 39,173 recoveries, 1 migrated, and 3,163 deaths. Maharashtra has topped the nationwide tally with more than 35,000 confirmed cases and 1,249 deaths.

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