Migrant labourers leave Mumbai in packed trains fearing lockdown

Amid the surge in COVID19 cases in Maharashtra trains at Mumbais Lokmanya Tilak Terminus were seen packed with migrant workers as they feared an impending lockdownSpeaking to ANI a migrant worker who was travelling in an Uttar Pradesh bound train said This train will go to Gorakhpur Were leaving the city because COVID19 cases are rising hereMaharashtra A UPbound train was seen packed with migrant labourers at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai yesterdayThis train will go to Gorakhpur Were leaving the city because COVID19 cases are rising here a passenger said pictwittercom0eCLW7biiSmdash ANI ANI April 8 2021Taking cognisance of the emerging situation Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam talked to the officials and asked the authorities to allay the fear of the migrants and monitor the COVID19 situation He said to the reporters Many of them fear that a lockdown will be imposed in the state due to rising COVID cases However our state government has no such plans We do not want businesses or small businessmen to incur lossesMany of them have not even got themselves tested for COVID19 and have boarded the train illegally We are looking into the situation However I can assure you that none of them can return back to our state without showing a COVID negative report he saidAnother migrant worker told ANI We are leaving for our hometown in Uttar Pradesh As of now there is a night curfew in place It is very likely that a lockdown will be put into place To avoid chaos like the previous lockdown we are travelling back to our native place Not sure when whether we will come back hereDue to a sharp rise in COVID cases Mumbais BMC on Thursday imposed a weekend lockdown in the city until further ordersWith 126789 new cases in the last 24 hours Indias active caseload reached 910319 on ThursdayIndia reported 59258 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative recoveries to 11851393 The national Recovery Rate is 9167 per centMaharashtra Chhattisgarh Karnataka Uttar Pradesh Delhi Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu Gujarat Kerala and Punjab have shown a rise in the COVID daily new cases 8421 per cent of the new cases are reported from these 10 statesMaharashtra reported 56286 new COVID19 cases 36130 recoveries and 376 deaths in the last 24 hours the state health department informed on Thursday According to the state governments data the active number of COVID19 cases in the state stands at 521317Out of 56286 new COVID19 cases in Maharashtra 8938 cases were reported in Mumbai and 12090 in Pune The total count of COVID19 cases in Mumbai now stands at 491698 while the active COVID19 cases in Pune is mounted to 89598As a sign of relief the cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 940 crore yesterday A total of 94096689 vaccine doses have been given as per the provisional report till 8 pm yesterdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever