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DRM Firozpur appointed nodal officer to facilitate movement of stranded pe
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 4 (ANI): Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Firozpur Rajesh Aggarwal has been appointed as nodal officer for Punjab to facilitate the movement of stranded persons during the lockdown period.
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Punjab CM seeks Home Minister Shah's intervention to transport stranded wo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 4 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday sought the personal intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to arrange special trains for the next 10-15 days, from May 5, for transporting stranded migrant labourers in Punjab to their ho
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Telangana Minister discusses pending projects with South-Central Railway o
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 4 (ANI): Telangana Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday held a meeting with the Railway officials where they discussed the status of various projects of the city of Hyderabad.
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Adhir Chowdhury wrties to Goyal, seeks trains for stranded people from Wes
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): With government giving some relaxations in the extended lockdown enforced to contain the spread of COVID-19, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal demanding more trains for stranded people including from West Ben
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MP govt to bear travel expenses of migrant workers from the state
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 4 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh government has decided that it will bear the travel expenses of migrant workers hailing from the state for their return.
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Bihar govt to pay rail fare of stranded workers, students returning to sta
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 4 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that stranded people of Bihar, including migrants and students, coming back to the state via special trains will not have to pay for rail tickets and their fare will be paid by the state government.
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TS Singh Deo welcomes Sonia's decision to bear train fare of migrant worke
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 4 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Health and Panchayati Raj Minister TS Singh Deo on Monday welcomed Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi's decision to bear the costs of railway tickets of needy migrant labourers who are returning home amid the lockdown and offered
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra targets Centre for charging train fare from migrant
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 4 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday hit out at the Centre asking that if the government can bring back Indians stranded overseas through air, free of cost, then why cannot it give free rail travel facility to labourers amid lockdown.
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Railways not selling tickets to migrants, charging standard fare in Shrami
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The Indian Railways has said that it is charging only standard fare in Shramik special trains from State Governments, which is just 15 per cent of the total cost incurred by Railways.
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Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre for charging train fare from migrant labourers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the Central government for charging migrant workers for rail travel during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Congress to pay for rail tickets of every needy migrant worker amid lockdo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that her party will bear the cost for rail travel of every needy migrant worker and labourer to their respective home towns during the lockdown.
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Maintenance work at Pamban Railway Bridge underway amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 4 (ANI): While train services have been suspended across the country in view of COVID-19, the railway employees have engaged themselves in the maintenance and repair work of the Pamban Railway bridge in Rameswaram.
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