Bhopal: A special train carrying over 300 stranded labourers from Nashik in Maharashtra reached here on Saturday morning.
A district administration official said that the non-stop special train reached Misrod Railway Station on the outskirts of Bhopal.
"We have started screening these passengers brought here from Nashik in the special train. After that, they will be sent to their respective towns in different buses," the official said.
This is the first special train which reached Bhopal after the Centre's announcement to run such services to facilitate the stranded labourers and workers.
According to the district administration total 315 labourers were brought in this train. They are from Dewas, Indore, Jhabua, Khargone, Morena, Sheopur, Vidisha, Jabalpur, Seoni, Rewa, Sidhi, Singrauli, Satna, Shahdol, Damoh, Tikamgarh, Panna, Gwalior, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Bhind, Rajgarh, Datia, Khandwa, Barwani and Betul.
These labourers are being sent to their respective districts in 15 buses, the official said.
On Friday night, Divisional Railway Manager, Bhopal, Uday Borwankar had said that the non-stop special train carrying these labourers left Nashik at 9 pm on Friday.