From Our Correspondent
Guwahati: A special train on Saturday left here for Bangalore carrying hundreds of people from Assam and other Northeastern States back to their place of work and study in Karnataka and other parts South India.
Uttam Upadhyaya (25) of Bokakhat in Assam is desperately looking forward to resume his work at one pipe manufacturing company called Ashirwad Cin Bangaluru as soon as he arrived in the southern metropolis after travelling in the special train that left here on Saturday afternoon.
A source in the Northeast Frontier Railway informed that the special train left Guwahati railway station at around 2-45pm carrying over 1200 passengers in 18 coaches.According to an estimate made by a Central Intelligence agency here about 500 of the passengers in the special train were those who had fled South India last month after getting panicky over threat SMSs doing round there. The train will pick up passengers at six more stations within Assam on the way.
Two additional coaches were added to the train to accommodate those who had arrived here to board the train without any reservation. A railway official informed that more such special trains could be run if there is demand from passengers.
Some of those who were returning to Bangaluru by the special train , were under impression that there was no need for them to buy ticket to board the train which they thought, was meant for them only.
A senior official of Assam Home Department said that many persons have already returned to their work places in southern states after becoming sure that nothing would happen to them after the concerned state governments had taken action to crack down on those responsible for circulating threat SMSs aimed at N-E people.