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.
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.
Chandigarh [India], May 14 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said that the 100th Shramik special train departed from the state on Thursday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has started taking the destination address of all passengers, booking online tickets.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 14 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has issued Rs 54.75 crore from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF) to purchase Shramik train tickets for migrant labourers stranded in the state and to bring back the ones stranded in other states.
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): As on May 13, a total of 642 Shramik special trains have been operationalised from various states across the country, the Ministry of Railways said on Wednesday.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 13 (ANI): The Department of Information and Public Relations, Jammu and Kashmir said that the third Shramik Special train carrying migrants from the Union Territory arrived at Udhampur on Wednesday morning.
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): All the 'Shramik special' trains from the national capital, which are being run to enable the return of migrant workers to their native states, will now depart from Old Delhi railway station from Wednesday onwards.