Alappuzha: Trains from Kerala to Bihar with guest workers were canceled. Five trains were canceled. The trains from Alappuzha, Tirur, Kozhikode, Kannur, and Aluva stations have been canceled due to a lack of permission from the Bihar government. The district administration informed the guest workers that travel to the country is not allowed today and that they can return in the coming days.
Five thousand workers from five places were returning home today. The state government has failed to get the approval of the Bihar government, though all the procedures for transporting workers have been completed on the Kerala side. The state government has already started trying to run the train before May 8.
Five trains with 5,574 guest workers from Kannur, Kozhikode, Thrissur and Ernakulam districts left yesterday. The Saharsha nonstop train with 1140 persons left Kannur at around 7 pm. The train from Kozhikode departed for Kathihar, Bihar. A total of 1090 passengers from various labor camps in Vadakara taluk left the train on their way home.
The train from Thrissur with 1143 passengers left for Darbhanga in Bihar. As per the Labor Department, the district has 3,898 workers from Bihar. The train from Ernakulam district proceeded to Baruni, Bihar. The train was carrying 1140 passengers. The second train departed for Muzaffarpur at six o’clock.
Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a letter to non-stop trains to return Malayalees stranded in other states. He also demanded that trains carrying guest workers from Kerala be utilized for the return of Malayalees.
