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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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656 trains brought around 8,52,000 migrant workers to UP so far, says Addi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary Home, Avnish Awasthi, has informed that to date 656 trains have reached the state bringing around 8,52,000 migrant workers.
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10 Shramik special trains to leave Karnataka today
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], May 19 (ANI): South Western Railway (SWR) on Tuesday informed that a total of 10 Shramik specials will leave Karnataka ferrying migrant workers, students and others back to their homes amid the lockdown.
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MHA issues revised SOP on movement of stranded migrant workers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday issued a revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on the movement of stranded workers by trains during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.
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Manish Sisodia says 65,000 migrants sent back to their home states by trai
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said that so far around 65,000 migrants from the national capital have been sent back to their home states by trains.
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Home Secretary writes to all States to take steps to 'mitigate the distres
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday wrote to Chief Secretaries of all states to take steps to 'mitigate the distress of migrant workers', suggesting a number of measures to be implemented including operation of more special trains by proactive coor
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Maharashtra CM says over 5 lakh migrants have been sent back to their Stat
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 18 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said that over five lakh migrants have been safely sent back to their native States by trains and buses and appealed to them to not walk on foot as 'trains and buses are being arranged for them'
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