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WB govt okays 105 special trains to bring back migrant workers, others fro
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): West Bengal government has given nod for 105 special trains to bring back migrant workers and others from 16 States, State Home Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay informed on Saturday.
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Long waiting list for trains pushes migrants from Maharashtra to take to r
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], May 16 (ANI): Despite the government's initiatives of plying special trains and buses to transport stranded people, several migrant workers from Maharashtra were on Saturday seen heading towards their native villages in other states on bicycles.
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Over 14 lakh stranded people transported back to their home states in 15 d
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways on Saturday said that 1,074 Shramik special trains have been operationalised from various States across the country till May 15 midnight.
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In wake of Auraiya accident, Piyush Goyal again urges states to allow Shra
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday expressed grief over the death of 24 migrant labourers who were killed in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district and once again urged state governments to give permission for Shramik trains.
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Citizens expresses happiness over returning home via special trains
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A special train, carrying passengers from Ahmedabad arrived at New Delhi railway station on Saturday. Some of the passengers expressed happiness returning to their homes amid the lockdown and also thanked the authorities for starting the rail services.
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Passengers express happiness over resumption of train services amid lockd
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Several passengers travelling to New Delhi in Special Trains on Saturday expressed happiness over the Centre's decision to restart the railway services amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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Spotting migrant workers walking on highway Andhra Chief Secy intervenes,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney on Friday provided assistance to some migrant workers who were walking on the national highway and ordered for their stay in a shelter camp and directed them to be put on special trains to enable th
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12 lakhs passengers have reached their home states by 'Shramik Special' tr
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The government on Friday said that 12 lakhs passengers have reached their home states by "Shramik Special" trains", which were introduced to move migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places due to lockdown.
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Ajay Bhalla directs states, UTs to facilitate movement of migrant workers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday wrote to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs), directing them to ensure that there is no movement of migrant workers on roads and railway tracks, and facilitate their movement through special b
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BJP ups ante against Mamata Banerjee government over Shramik trains
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to up the ante against Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and has launched an attack over its stance on trains carrying migrant labourers to the state in the crisis created by coronavirus.
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Having lost jobs, workers urge Shivamogga administration to send them back
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], May 15 (ANI): Workers from West Bengal residing here on Friday demanded that they should be sent back to their native places in special trains as they have lost their jobs due to coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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BJP and Centre have a habit of playing politics over everything: Jharkhand
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 15 (ANI): Over the Centre's remark that Jharkhand has not provided approval for enough 'Shramik Special trains', Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday said that the BJP and the Centre have a habit of playing politics over everything.
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