Migrants taking train to Bihar from Surat say 'paid more than ticket price' | Oneindia News

With 195 deaths and 3,900 COVID-19 new cases reported since Monday, the death toll due to the coronavirus pandemic rose to 1,568 on Tuesday while the total number of infections jumped to 46, 433.

Hundreds of stranded migrants who boarded special trains to Bihar from Surat in BJP-ruled Gujarat last evening said they had to pay more than the ticket prices despite the central government's assurance that they won't be charged for the journey back home amid lockdown.

Uttar pradesh chief minister yogi adityanath targeted the opposition parties on tuesday, saying some people are trying to weaken the country's fight against covid-19 for their own political interests.

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