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\nMay 8, 2020\/India
\nSixteen migrant workers were killed and five others injured in Maharashtras Aurangabad after train ran over them.
\nThe empty rake of goods wagon ran over the migrant workers who were sleeping on the track after a tiresome walking journey of 36 kms, on Friday.
\nThe accident happened between Jalna and Aurangabad in the Nanded Division of South Central Railway in Karmad police station area of the Aurangabad district.
\nAccording to railway officials, the workers were walking towards their home state Madhya Pradesh after they lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
\nMost public transportation has already been cancelled due to the lockdown.
\nThese workers had started from Jalna to go to Bhusawal (both in Maharashtra) – a distance of 157 kilometres – and had planned to go to their native places Umariya and Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh, which is about 850 kilometres away.
\nAccording to railways, they left Jalna at 7 pm on Thursday and initially walked on road and later onto the track towards Aurangabad. After walking for about 36 kilometres, these workers started feeling tired and sat on the track between Karnad and Badnapur railway stations for taking some rest. They gradually went into deep sleep.
\nIt was at 5.22 am that the approaching goods train ran over these labourers, the railways ministry said in a statement.
\nThe driver tried to stop the train but couldn\u2019t do so in time, it added.
\n\u201cThe injured have been shifted to Aurangabad civil hospital,\u201d said Ch Rakesh, chief public relation officer (PRO), South Central Railway.
\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi said he is anguished by the loss of lives in the Maharashtra train accident.
\nCondoling the deaths of the workers, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that he is shocked by the news.
\n\u201cI am shocked at the news of migrant labourers being crushed to death by a goods train. We should be ashamed at the treatment meted out to the builders of our nation. My condolences to the families of those killed and I pray for the early recovery of the injured,\u201d Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.
\nRailway Minister Piyush Goyal too expressed grief and said relief work is underway and an inquiry has been ordered.(hindustantimes)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"