Indore, Jun 1 (PTI) Nearly 1,600 migrant labourers will return to their native West Bengal on a Shramik Special from Indore at 1pm on Tuesday, an official said.

It will halt at Bairagarh in Bhopal and passengers will be taken to Durgapur and Bardhaman in WB, Western Railway Divisional Railway Manager Vineet Gupta told PTI.

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The labourers were mainly employed in the cosmetic industry here and and were rendered jobless due to coronavirus-induced lockdown.

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