Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 18 (ANI): South Western Railway (SWR) on Sunday operated 12 more Shramik Special trains for migrant labourers and others stranded in Karnataka amid the lockdown.
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Sunday requested State officials through video conference to cooperate in running more Shramik Special trains to facilitate the movement of migrant workers during Lockdown 4.0.
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.
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Delhi government on Sunday issued an order directing senior officials to ensure that the migrant labourers in the national capital do not face any problem during the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 17 (ANI): South Western Railway is scheduled to run 12 Shramik Special trains on Sunday from Karnataka to other states ferrying migrant labourers and others stranded here due to lockdown.
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], May 17 (ANI): Migrant workers ransacked vehicles in Shapar industrial area here following wrong information about cancellation of two Shramik Special trains to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that the state government is committed to ensuring the safe return of the migrant labourers of the state stranded elsewhere in the country.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 17 (ANI): Scores of migrant labourers gathered outside Chennai Central Railway Station on Sunday after receiving the information that the government is running Shramik Special trains for 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 17 (ANI): Indian Railways has operated more than 160 Shramik Special trains on Saturday for inter-state movement of migrant workers.
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Worried by uncertainty over the availability of trains to enable their return to their native places in Bihar, thousands of migrant workers took to the streets and started walking on the Saharanpur-Ambala highway on Sunday morning.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 17 (ANI): Odisha government on Sunday urged Central government to suspend Shramik special trains from May 18 for three days due to cyclone Amphan.