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J-K evacuates 1.56 lakh stranded residents amid COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 22 (ANI): The Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday announced that the administration has evacuated 1,56,466 J-K residents till date, stranded in other parts of the country due to the COVID-19 induced lockdown.
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Airport like boarding passes being issued to passengers for entry to railw
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 19 (ANI): In a first, North Central Railway has introduced airport like boarding facility at Prayagraj Railway station in order to implement contactless ticket checking, a senior Railway official said on Friday.
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43,382 migrants sent home from Chandigarh through Shramik special trains
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India] 18 June (ANI): A total of 48,382 migrant workers have been sent to their native places, said the Chandigarh State Administration on Thursday, including 38,749 migrants who have been accommodated by the Shramik special trains and 4,633 by bus.
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Most migrant labourers returned to their homes, says Railway Board Chairma
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav on Monday said that most migrant labourers who travelled back to their respective states in wake of the coronavirus induced lockdown have reached their homes.
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Western Railway resumes select suburban services for essential staff
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 15 (ANI): The Western Railway (WR) on Monday resumed its selected suburban services only for movement of essential staff as identified by the government of Maharashtra.
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240 Shramik Special trains operated till date: South Central Railway
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 14 (ANI): The South Central Railway (SCR) on Sunday said that it has operated 240 Shramik Special trains till date to transport passengers and migrant workers to their homes.
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COVID-19: J-K administration evacuates 1.35 lakh stranded people
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 13 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir administration has evacuated about 1,35,277 people from the Union Territory (UT) who were stranded in other parts of the country due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Over 2.5 lakh passengers returned to Odisha via Shramik trains till June 1
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 13 (ANI): Over 2.5 lakh passengers returned to Odisha through Shramik special trains till June 12 amid the coronavirus outbreak situation in the country.
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Robotic 'Captain Arjun' to screen passengers while boarding trains: Centra
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Railway Protection Force, Pune on Friday launched 'CAPTAIN ARJUN', a robot to screen passengers while they board trains, said Central Railways.
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Over 3 lakh passengers' journey facilitated by South Central Railway
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 12 (ANI): The South Central Railway has facilitated the journey of over three lakhs passengers through Shramik special trains, said Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO) of South Central Railway, Ch Rakesh.
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Railways gears up to provide COVID care centres to states with over 5k mod
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 11 (ANI): The Indian Railways is ready to provide COVID care centres to state authorities with a total of 5,231 modified coaches, with a patient capacity of 16 per coach, in trains with unit composition of 10 coaches.
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Never called migrant trains 'Corona Express', public said it: Mamata denie
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 10 (ANI): A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah trained his guns on the West Bengal government for naming Shramik Express as Corona Express, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that she never called the trains 'Corona Express' and it wa
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