Karnataka, roasted over stopping the trains for stranded migrant labourers, has said it will restart the service tomorrow with three trains. The government has written to nine state governments, seeking their consent to send the migrants back. The list includes Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, West Bengal and Rajasthan. The trains are expected to run till May 15.The state had stopped the week-long twice-a-day train service yesterday, citing a beginning in its construction activities.Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa had said around 1 lakh migrants had left and those who remain would be needed to work at the construction sites. Other BJP leaders said the move will help restore the state’s economy and achieve a “resurgent Karnataka”.
