Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 9 (ANI): Since the lockdown has been imposed, the porters at Jabalpur Railway Station have been dependent on the Ticket Collectors (TCs) for their survival as any aid from the government is yet to reach them.
Lingampally (Telangana) [India], May 9 (ANI): The special train carrying 225 migrant workers of Bihar have reached Lingampally railway station in Telangana. These people came as they wanted to work in rice mills in Telangana.
Mohali (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): The second Special Train with 1301 migrant labourers of Uttar Pradesh chugged off the Mohali Railway Station for Hardoi on Friday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): A Shramik special train bound for Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, departed from Bengaluru's Chikkabanavara railway station on Friday afternoon.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 8 (ANI): Stranded people including patients reached at Hatia Railway Station on Thursday via a special train from Tamil Nadu's Katpadi.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday said that Railways has run 222 Shramik Special Trains for movement of stranded persons, and more than 2.5 lakh people have made use of this facility so far.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): RailTel has successfully completed Phase 2 of implementing NIC e-office despite nationwide lockdown in the wake of COVID-19, wherein, it has enabled 17,981 users of 25 divisions offices with e-office platform,along with user trainings over video conferences.
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 8 (ANI): The first Shramik Express train with 1,200 migrant labourers from Madhya Pradesh departed for Gwalior from Goa's Thivim railway station on Friday.
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): Migrant workers, stranded in Karnataka due to lockdown, staged a protest on Friday at the Central Railway Station here, demanding to be sent back to their respective native places.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Ram Kripal, Commissioner of Railway Safety, South Central circle will conduct an inquiry into the Nanded Railway division mishap in which 16 migrant workers lost their lives on Friday.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Aam Admi Party on Friday accused Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government of not fulfilling its obligation to pay the part of fare incurred on migrants returning to the state.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday offered condolences to the families of those killed in the Aurangabad train accident and said that he is pained beyond words at the loss of lives in the mishap.