Since the Indian Railways gave the nod to run Shramik Special trains to ferry migrants to their hometowns, Mumbai police have received over seven lakh applications and already sent nearly three lakh of them home. On the forefront of the fight against COVID-19, the police have also been tackling rumour-mongering that often leads to chaos.

Despite all the hurdles they are ensuring that the daily wage labourers, stuck in the city without a source of income and daily meals, return to their native places, said police. Thousands of applications keep pouring in every day, they said. Police said they have sent around 2.8 lakh migrant workers in 142 Shramik Special trains so far. On an average, the city runs 20 trains to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and other states, daily.