Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 10 (ANI): Maharashtra government has issued a resolution stating that the state government will bear the ticket fares of stranded migrant labourers who want to return to their native places but do not have the money.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], May 10 (ANI): The Kerala High Court has asked the Union government to take steps in assisting the return of citizens stranded abroad amid the COVID-19 crisis, if they are facing difficulties in paying for flight tickets.
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Saturday said that Delhi government bore the entire cost incurred on the tickets of 1200 migrant labourers who were sent back to Bihar from Delhi by Shramik Special train on Friday. He also said that the matter should n
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 9 (ANI): Bihar Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha on Saturday said the Delhi government was asking for money that it had spent on the train tickets of migrant labourers.
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 9 (ANI): Since the lockdown has been imposed, the porters at Jabalpur Railway Station have been dependent on the Ticket Collectors (TCs) for their survival as any aid from the government is yet to reach them.
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) on Wednesday said that some state governments should not make ticket prices an issue as the Railways is providing food and other facilities to passengers after charging only 15 per cent of the actual cost incurred b
Dehradun (Uttarakhand)[India], May 6 (ANI): Uttarakhand Congress president Pritam Singh on Wednesday shot off a letter to state Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh pertaining to the issue of transportation of migrants and students from other states and said his party is ready to bear the expen
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 4 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that stranded people of Bihar, including migrants and students, coming back to the state via special trains will not have to pay for rail tickets and their fare will be paid by the state government.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 4 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Health and Panchayati Raj Minister TS Singh Deo on Monday welcomed Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi's decision to bear the costs of railway tickets of needy migrant labourers who are returning home amid the lockdown and offered
New Delhi [India] May 4 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday hit out at the Centre asking that if the government can bring back Indians stranded overseas through air, free of cost, then why cannot it give free rail travel facility to labourers amid lockdown.
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The Indian Railways has said that it is charging only standard fare in Shramik special trains from State Governments, which is just 15 per cent of the total cost incurred by Railways.
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Monday urged Pradesh Congress Committees to mobilise all possible local resources to help migrant workers purchase train tickets to get back to their homes as the COVID-19 lockdown has been extended till May 17.