Over 2000 stranded citizens are expected to arrive Nagaland in the next coming days. During the daily briefing Sunday, principal secretary home, Abhijit Sinha stated that a special train carrying around 1,600 stranded citizens was expected to arrive from Bengaluru on June 5, 2020. The train is scheduled to leave Bengaluru on June 2.
He also informed that another special train which left Goa on May 28, 2020 carrying about 435 stranded persons of Nagaland along with persons from other North Eastern States was expected to reach Lumding, by June 1 early hours. The returnees will then be transported to Dimapur by another train.
Further, 85 people were expected to arrive on June 1 around 1.30 a.m. from Delhi by train.
According to a report of the empowered group Dimapur control room, 71 stranded persons arrived on May 31. They include– 45 persons from Delhi by train, 17 from West Bengal by bus, 5 by private vehicle from Delhi, 3 by road from Guwahati and 1 by road from Guwahati (flew from Bengaluru).