Over three days after their train departed from Mumbai, around 1,300 passengers finally reached Jiribam railway station in Manipur late on Monday afternoon, 21 hours after the scheduled arrival. After this harrowing experience, all passengers will have to go through 14 days of quarantine before they can meet their family members.

Kajal Thangjam, an MBA student from Wellingkar Institute, said that while they were given food and water at regular intervals, there was no water in the toilets for two days during the journey. "We couldn't take a bath for almost four days and the toilets were stinking because there was no water supply. We complained and it was finally fixed on Sunday night after we reached Assam. The journey was never-ending but we're glad to have finally reached Manipur," she said.