Asansol: Migrant workers returning from Kerala throw 'stale' food on platform | WATCH

Several un-dated videos from Asansol Railway Station have once again highlighted plight of migrants following coronavirus lockdown measures around country. In a minute-long video doing rounds on social media, migrant labourers who reportedly left Kerala and were heing for Danapur in Bihar can be seen throwing food on a platform while passing through Asansol.

'As we die for food'

labourers were travelling from Ernakulam and were served food and water while train was passing through Asansol Railway Station in West Bengal. Many of m alleged that food was stale and threw it away on platform. A migrant can be heard saying in video that staff were serving clean and fresh food when train left Kerala for Bihar but w y are serving stale food.

"It is t edible. Tell me wher disease will be contained or furr spre due to such food," a passenger can be heard saying.

In ar video, a migrant worker can be heard yelling at police personnel stationed at platform and says, “Continue discharging your duty like this while we die for food”.

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According to media reports, an Eastern Railways official confirmed that re was some issue with food which y couldn't rectify due to lack of time but y arranged it at next station. Netizens were furious at alleged treatment of migrant labours returning to ir home amid coronavirus lockdown. Check out some of reactions:

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