Published 06:27 IST, May 12th 2020
21,714 ferried till Maharashtra borders with states in buses: MSRTC
More than 21,700 people, most of them migrant workers, were transported over the last three days in 1,169 buses to Maharashtra's borders with adjoining states amid the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, government-run undertaking MSRTC said on Monday.
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More than 21,700 people, most of m migrant workers, were transported over last three days in 1,169 buses to Maharashtra's borders with adjoining states amid coronavirus-enforced lockdown, government-run undertaking MSRTC said on Monday.
As many as 21,714 people were ferried to border points in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka, Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC). MSRTC claimed that on May 11, it transported 11,866 workers, who were walking along highways to , on borders with help of 530 buses.
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state government has decided to provide transport to migrant workers till its borders and to transport workers of Maharashtra from its borders to ir respective districts free of cost. MSRTC has also decided to provide transportation to workers walking along highways till Maharashtra's borders with adjoining states.
06:27 IST, May 12th 2020