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Mumbai: Thousands of migrants gather at grounds in Kandivali in hope of bo
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 21 (ANI): Amid the coronavirus spread, hundreds of migrant labourers on Thursday gathered at the grounds in Kandivali's Mahavir Nagar in the hope to board Special Shramik trains to return home.
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3,800 people sent back to their native places in buses: RSRTC MD
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 21 (ANI): Rajasthan State Roadways Transport Corporation (RSRTC) Managing Director (MD) Naveen Jain on Wednesday said that close to 3,800 people have been sent back to their native states in the last three days in Shramik Special buses.
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Woman gives birth to baby after deboarding Shramik train in Jhansi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): A woman hailing from Uttar Pradesh, who was heading to Kanpur in a Shramik special train, made an emergency stop at Jhansi on Wednesday afternoon and gave birth to a baby boy.
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Permission given for 206 more trains which will come in next 48 hours: UP
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Uttar Pradesh, Awanish Awasthi on Wednesday informed that permission for 206 more trains has been given which will come in the next 48 hours.
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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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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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2,000 DTC buses plying, number to increase further: Delhi Transport Minist
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday said that close to two thousand buses are plying on the streets of Delhi for the daily passengers from May 19 and the number will increase in the next five days.
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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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Coimbatore: Workers gather in hope of securing permission to board Shramik
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 20 (ANI): Amid COVID-19 lockdown, hundreds of migrant labourers gathered at Sundarapuram area of Coimbatore on Wednesday in the hope of securing permission for boarding the Shramik special trains to return home.
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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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