| Heavy rush at Bihar railway stations, trains overcrowded after Chhath by Mafia on 22 November, 2012 - 09:01 PM | ||
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 Mafia | Heavy rush at Bihar railway stations, trains overcrowded after Chhath on 22 November, 2012 - 09:01 PM | |
Patna: Two days after Chhath festival concluded, most of Bihar's railway stations are witnessing a heavy rush of passengers, mostly migrant workers returning to their work places outside the state, a railway official said on Thursday."There is a heavy rush in all trains, especially long distance routes, from Bihar," East Central Railway's (ECR) chief public relations officer (CPRO) Amitabh Prabhakar said. It is estimated that over 50 lakh migrant labourers are working in big cities across the country and most of them visit home during Chhath, the most celebrated festival in Bihar.Crowded platforms, long queues at railway ticket counters and heavily loaded trains are common sight these days. "I was informed by a railway employee that all trains are packed to full capacity," said Suman Kumar Singh, who was waiting at the Patna railway station. Suman Singh, who works in a factory near Pune in Maharashtra, visited his home-village near Rosera in Samastipur district to celebrate Chhath. "I have no option but to catch any train," he said.Another passenger, Rohit Ranjan said that hundreds of people like him have been waiting for the long hours, but all coaches of long-distance trains are packed and there is no place despite holding a reservation ticket. "It seems that there is no place at all in long-distance trains as migrant workers have started returning to work following Chhath," Ranjan, who works near Bangalore in Karnataka, said. | ||