Famished commuters looted food packets at Itarsi Railway Station in central India on Sunday (May 24th).<br /><br />Railway officials had arranged food packets for travellers on Shramik Special 186, which arrived at 7 am local time.<br /><br />But their attempt to distribute food orderly failed when many got down from the train and snatched the packets. <br /><br />Scuffles also broke out over the food and bread was strewn all over the station platform,<br /><br />Most of the travellers were hungry and impoverished migrant workers, who were heading back home, after enduring nearly two months of coronavirus lockdown.<br /><br />Many complained that railway officials had failed to provide them with food and water during an arduous journey covering thousands of kilometres. <br /><br />India’s strict lockdown has left hundreds of thousands of migrant workers stranded far from home.
