Nagaland’s special train from Bengaluru postponed

UPDATE: “We deeply regret to inform the special train scheduled to travel from Bangalore to Dimapur on 28th May 2020 with 1610 passengers on board stands postponed now. Further dates will be communicated once we receive any information from government of Nagaland,” informed Mughato Kiba, president of Naga Students’ Union Bangalore (NSUB) and Convener Naga Task Force Bengaluru.

Kiba informed that in view of Covid-19 positive cases being detected in the state and “with so many stranded people arriving in Nagaland through own transport and buses, the quarantine place is already filled”, the government of Nagaland has decided to postpone the scheduled train until further notice.

Original report

Our Correspondent
Kohima, May 27 (EMN): A special train from Bengaluru is expected to depart for Nagaland on May 28 and reach Dimapur by May 31, according to Principal Director of Education and overall in-charge of stranded citizens of Nagaland, Shanavas C.

The train, arranged by the Nagaland government, has a capacity of accommodating 1600 passengers, he added.

More than 3000 persons have applied to come back to the state from Bengaluru. The officer said that the government “will try (to arrange transportation) for a second (special train) after the first one”.

Earlier, Chief Secretary Temjen Toy had said the next train would be from Bengaluru and Delhi after considering the “load”.