Lockdown: Special train from Bengaluru arrives in Bengal's Bankura with 1,200 passengers

The 22-coach train departed the Karnataka capital on May 10 and reached Bankura after a two-day journey. The passengers included patients, labourers and students.
For representational purposes  (Photo | Meghana Sastry, EPS)
For representational purposes (Photo | Meghana Sastry, EPS)

BANKURA: A special train from Bengaluru, carrying around 1,200 passengers, arrived here on Tuesday morning, official sources said.

The passengers included patients, labourers and students, he added.

The 22-coach train departed the Karnataka capital on May 10 and reached here after a two-day journey.

All the passengers would undergo a medical screening for fever and other signs of the coronavirus, before being sent home in buses arranged by the West Bengal government, the official said.

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