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At least eight workers died and 50 others were injured in a truck crash in Guna, Madhya Pradesh, on Wednesday night, ANI news agency reported.
Workers were traveling in the truck from Maharashtra to their hometown in Uttar Pradesh when they collided with a bus last night in the Cantuna PS area of Guna. The wounded were transferred to the nearest district hospital. More details about the accident are expected.
Meanwhile, in another accident involving migrant workers, six workers lost their lives, while four others were injured when they were run over by a highway bus in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night.
Madhya Pradesh: 8 workers dead and about 50 injured after the truck they were traveling in collided with a bus last night in the Cantt PS area of Guna. The injured people were transferred to the district hospital. All 8 dead workers were going to Maharashtra to their places of origin in UP. pic.twitter.com/OaB9SCLpjY
– ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2020
Workers were on their way to Bihar from Punjab when the accident occurred.
Amid the coronavirus blockade, the country has witnessed an exodus of migrant workers, many of whom often resort to risky measures only to reach their homeland. Most are seen traveling in a risky situation without masks in overcrowded trucks.
Rising temperatures and the deaths of at least 8 migrant workers in the past 20 days have prompted the Madhya Pradesh government to lift restrictions on the MP-Maharashtra border for workers in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, authorities said.
The influx of migrant workers, about 25,000 per day on average, has caused concern for the administration. These workers are covering hundreds of miles traveling or walking across the state to the UP border. According to the authorities, it is practically impossible to evaluate such a large number of workers, including the elderly, women and children.
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