97 people died while travelling on-board Shramik Special Trains: Railway Minister in Rajya Sabha
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The government told the Rajya Sabha that 97 people lost their lives while travelling on-board Shramik Special Trains that were run by the centre to ferry migrant workers to their home states. “Out of these 97 cases of death, State Police sent dead bodies for post mortem in 87 cases," Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said while adding that 51 people died of cardiac arrest, heart disease, brain hemorrhage, chronic liver disease, etc.