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Shramik Special trains to now run without needing permission from receivin
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]], May 20 (ANI): The Shramik Special trains, being run to enable the return of migrant workers to their native places, will not need permission from the receiving states, according to Indian Railways official on Wednesday.
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Nizamuddin RPF Post staff contributes Rs 2 lakh to PM CARES Fund in fight
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): In a bid to further contribute to the nation's fight against the menace of coronavirus, the staff of Nizamuddin Railway Protection Force (RPF) has donated an amount of Rs 2 lakh from their salaries to the PM CARES Fund.
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Migrants desperate to return home, forced to stand in long queues under sc
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): South Delhi's Lajpat Nagar wore a different look on Wednesday with hundreds of homebound migrant labourers queuing up since morning to get their screening done before being taken to the New Delhi railways station from where they are scheduled to board a Sh
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204 Shramik Special trains ran on May 19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Indian Railways has excelled on its own promise of running Shramik Special trains by running 204 of them in a single day, said Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday.
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Special train from Jammu arrives in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): A special train carrying passengers, stranded due to COVID-19 lockdown, arrived at New Delhi Railway Station from Jammu Tawi on Wednesday morning.
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NGOs join hands with SCR, IRCTC to provide food to migrants travelling by
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Secunderabad (Telangana) [India], May 20 (ANI): Several NGOs have come forward to help South Central Railway and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) in preparing and distributing food to the migrant workers travelling by Shramik Special trains.
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Railways to run 200 non-AC trains daily from June 1, says Goyal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday announced that Indian Railways will start 200 non-AC trains daily from June 1 in addition to Shramik Special trains.
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Over 21 lakh passengers reach home in 1,595 'Shramik Special' trains so fa
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): More than 21 lakh passengers have reached their native places in 1,595 "Shramik Special" trains which have been operationalized so far from various states across the country, the government said on Tuesday.
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10 Shramik special trains to leave Karnataka today
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], May 19 (ANI): South Western Railway (SWR) on Tuesday informed that a total of 10 Shramik specials will leave Karnataka ferrying migrant workers, students and others back to their homes amid the lockdown.
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Migrant workers in large numbers gather outside Mumbai's Bandra railway st
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 19 (ANI): A huge crowd of migrant workers gathered outside the Bandra railway station here on Tuesday to board a Shramik special train to Bihar amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
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MHA issues revised SOP on movement of stranded migrant workers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday issued a revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on the movement of stranded workers by trains during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.
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Home Secretary writes to all States to take steps to 'mitigate the distres
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday wrote to Chief Secretaries of all states to take steps to 'mitigate the distress of migrant workers', suggesting a number of measures to be implemented including operation of more special trains by proactive coor
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