A bus carrying migrants hailing from West Bengal from Kerala overturned in the Balasore district of Odisha on Saturday injuring at least seven passengers. The bus was carrying 38 passengers to Kolkata when it skidded off the National Highway 16 and overturned near Balasore town. The police stated that the condition of the injured migrants was stable. These migrants were stuck in Kerala since March due to the coronavirus necessitated lockdown imposed by the government. The Indian Railways had arranged 'Shramik Special' trains and buses to ferry migrants workers stranded in various parts of the country.
Source: dna May 30, 2020 12:00 UTC