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12 lakhs passengers have reached their home states by 'Shramik Special' tr
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The government on Friday said that 12 lakhs passengers have reached their home states by "Shramik Special" trains", which were introduced to move migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places due to lockdown.
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Ajay Bhalla directs states, UTs to facilitate movement of migrant workers
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday wrote to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs), directing them to ensure that there is no movement of migrant workers on roads and railway tracks, and facilitate their movement through special b
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BJP and Centre have a habit of playing politics over everything: Jharkhand
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 15 (ANI): Over the Centre's remark that Jharkhand has not provided approval for enough 'Shramik Special trains', Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday said that the BJP and the Centre have a habit of playing politics over everything.
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Over 2 lakh stranded migrants ferried in 145 special trains on Thursday
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Indian Railways operated 145 'Shramik Special' trains on Thursday and ferried home close to 2.10 lakh migrants stranded in various parts of the country amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, officials said.
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No permission pending for any train with Rajasthan govt: Ashok Gehlot
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 15 (ANI): Responding to Union Minister Piyush Goyal's claim that several states were not giving permission for 'Shramik special trains' to enter their territory, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said there is no permission pending for any trai
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For some migrant workers, reaching home is still a tough task
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Even as the government has started Shramik special trains to take migrant workers to their homes, there are workers who are finding difficulty in reaching their native places in other states.
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West Bengal govt should allow 105 'Shramik special trains' daily: Piyush G
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal government to allow 105 trains every day for migrant labourers, and not in 30 days.
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44 'Shramik Special' trains brought back over 50,000 migrant workers to Jh
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 14 (ANI): Jharkhand State Transport Secretary K Ravi Kumar on Thursday informed that 44 'Shramik Special' trains have brought back 50,028 migrant workers, who were stranded in different states due to lockdown, to their native place here.
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100th Shramik special train departs from Punjab
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 14 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said that the 100th Shramik special train departed from the state on Thursday.
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67 Shramik Special trains to reach UP today, says senior official
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): As many as 67 Shramik Special trains will arrive in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, a senior state government official said.
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Total number of returnees to J-K now exceeds 50,000: Rohit Kansal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 14 (ANI): Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary (Planning), Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said that the total number of people returning to the Union Territory through various modes of transport has crossed 50,000.
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Migrant workers to board 'Shramik' special train to Bihar at Chandigarh ra
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 14 (ANI): Hundreds of migrant workers have started gathering at Interstate Bus Terminal (ISBT) in Sector-43 to board the buses to the Chandigarh railway station from where they will leave for Bihar in a Shramik Special train on Thursday.
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