Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 18 (ANI): Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Ramlila Ground on Monday for registering themselves for the three Shramik special trains, which will leave for different parts of Uttar Pradesh later in the day.
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Western Railway has successfully run 500 Shramik Special trains across the country till May 16, resulting in around seven lakh passengers reaching their home states.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday directed the state officials to arrange buses for the home-bound migrant labourers and take them to the nearest relief centres which will take care for their further journey.
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The Indian Railways is ready to run Shramik Special trains from any district in the country, said Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday expressed grief over the death of 24 migrant labourers who were killed in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district and once again urged state governments to give permission for Shramik trains.
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to up the ante against Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and has launched an attack over its stance on trains carrying migrant labourers to the state in the crisis created by coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Since May 1, 2020, Indian Railways has carried 10 lakh shramiks in 800 trains to their home state, said Indian Railways on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): A total of 575 "shramik special" trains have been operationalised from various states, said Indian Railways on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): A special train with 1,490 passengers left for Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur from New Delhi Railway Station on Tuesday as Indian Railways resumed partial services amid coronavirus lockdown.
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Railways on Monday said over a hundred trains will operate daily for next few weeks to facilitate faster movement of stranded workers to their native places.
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): As Indian Railways will run15 pairs of passenger trains with AC coaches and limited stops from May 12 amid the COVID-19 lockdown, Union Home Ministry Joint Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava on Monday said that passengers with confirmed e-tickets don not need
(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.