New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The South Western Railway operated six Shramik special trains on Sunday, carrying 7,353 passengers to their home town, said Chief Public Relations Officer, South Western Railway, Hubballi.
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Since the announcement of lockdown 3.0 , the Central government took many decisions including helping the stranded migrants reach their native places.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 10 (ANI): Western Railway (WR) on Sunday appealed to all migrant workers to avoid walking or staying for rest on railway tracks keeping in mind their personal safety.
(Hubli) Karnataka [India], May 10 (ANI): South Western Railway (SWR) informed that a total of five Shramik specials left Karnataka on Sunday ferrying migrant workers and students back to their homes amid the lockdown.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday informed that the Central government has agreed to run a special train from Goa to Una and Bengaluru to Una to facilitate movement of Himcahalis stranded in these two states.
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], May 10 (ANI): As many as 160 migrant workers staying at a quarantine facility in Muzaffarpur on Sunday, protested demanding COVID-19 testing and sanitization in the facility, after three people tested positive for the deadly virus.
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): A total of 366 Shramik special trains carrying migrant workers, pilgrims and students have been operationalised from various states across the country till May 10, the Ministry of Railways said on Sunday.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): Many migrant workers were stopped by Ghaziabad Police on Sunday while they were travelling on foot along the National Highway-9 to their respective places in UP and Bihar.
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday appealed to the migrant workers stranded in Delhi to not travel back to their native states on foot, assuring that the government is arranging more trains for facilitating their movement.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday sent around 1,900 people back to their native state Bihar by buses during the nationwide lockdown.
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Indian Railways on Sunday informed that 20 coaches of a Shramik special train carrying migrant workers from Surat to Prayagaraj got detached from the engine about 30-kilometres away from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 10 (ANI): A group of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh, living in Pune's Kondhwa, have been forced to walk to Allahabad amid lockdown.