Unable To Get Train Tickets, Migrants Pay Hefty Amount For Risky Rides

by Anjali Ojha May 19, 2020 • 04:09 PM Views 968

Dozens of migrant workers from Bihar who were unable to get train tickets paid Rs 2,500 for an uncertain ride to reach home. They say even before the lockdown began, they had no work for months due to the ban on construction activities and after the lockdown, only a handful of them got help from the state or central government. Anjali Ojha reports