New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday informed that Railways has successfully operated over 3,000 Shramik special trains to send migrant workers stranded in different parts of the country to their home states.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): Around 23 lakh migrant labourers have been brought back to the State from other States during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, said Awanish Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday ordered the formation of a 'Migration Commission' for the purpose of providing the workers, who have returned to the state during the lockdown phase, with employment suited to their skills.
Nurpur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): A special train carrying 580 passengers from Maharashtra's Thane reached Pathankot's Chakki Bank railway station on Sunday amid the fourth phase of nationwide lockdown.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed Deputy Commissioners and District Police Chiefs to ensure that no migrant is forced to walk home to any other State in the country or remain hungry while in Punjab.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): The National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) on Sunday wrote to Uttar Pradesh government requesting for the rehabilitation of migrant labourers returning from other States.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): Migrant workers seem to be unaffected in Kanpur even when the temperature rises to 45-degree Celsius on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday said that migrant workers cannot be blamed for a surge in COVID-19 cases as the Central and state governments have failed them on every front due to their "inefficiency" to tackle the coronavirus crisis.
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday held both the BJP and Congress responsible for the poor condition of migrant workers in the country amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 24 (ANI): Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said that till Saturday 88 trains have transported 1.22 lakh migrant workers from various stations in the state to their native places.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 24 (ANI): The South Western Railway (SWR) has run 135 Shramik special trains carrying 1.90 lakh migrant workers, students and families, to return to their home towns in different parts of the country after the relaxation of lockdown norms, it said in a stat
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): The recovery rate for corona patients has reached 51 per cent in Madhya Pradesh, said State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.