Passengers deboarding from a Shramik Special train at Dimapur Railway Station. The train carrying stranded citizens of Nagaland departed from Trivandrum on June 9. (Morung Photo)
Morung Express News
Dimapur | June 13
Touted as a 'record' breaking journey in terms of distance by a government official, a Shramik Special train from Trivandrum reached Dimapur on Saturday morning carrying stranded citizens from Nagaland.
The train is bringing a total of 966 stranded citizens from the state as per an official statement on June 12.
The passengers comprised of stranded people of Nagaland from the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 infections in Nagaland spread further in Nagaland with Mon district registering first 6 new cases on June 13.
Overall there were 7 new cases with another testing positive for the virus from Kohima.
With this the state total positive cases stood at 163 as of 10:08 am of June 13. All the cases reported so far are from quarantine centres.
However, with 49 ‘recoveries' so far, there are 114 active cases in Nagaland.
