As extreme heat, hunger and dehydration add to the woes of returning migrant workers. Nine passengers have been found dead in ‘Shramik Special’ trains since Monday and they included a woman. Whose toddler son was seen trying to wake her up in a heart wrenching scene at a railway platform in Bihar.
While a few deaths on board the non-air conditioned trains were also reported earlier after they were launched on May 1. To ferry migrant workers to their home states, the Railways on Wednesday said most of the deceased had pre-existing health conditions.