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TMC files complaint against BJP for allegedly arranging free Special Trains from Surat to West Bengal ahead of pollsIn a letter addressed to the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, TMC MP Derek O' Brien claimed that the BJP, including its Gujarat Unit, ...
Summer vacations, industrial slowdown triggers massive passenger rush at Surat's Udhna railway stationUdhna railway station in Surat saw massive crowds of migrant workers on Sunday. Passengers faced heat and lacked facilities while trying to...
What happened at Surat Railway Station? Why are migrant workers leaving the industrial town in a rush?Surat Railway Station News: Thousands of migrant workers crowded Surat's Udhna railway station, creating chaos and long queues as they rush...
Chaos breaks out at Surat's Udhna Railway Station as passengers complain of long queues, scorching heat & lack of facilitiesChaos erupted at Surat's Udhna Railway Station on Sunday. Passengers struggled in heat and long queues for a Bihar-bound train. Many migran...
100th Shramik special train leaves Pune carrying 682 migrantsSo far 1.25 lakh passengers, mostly migrantworkers, have been ferried in Shramik special trains from Pune to different states, including Ma...
Mamata Banerjee rejects Amit Shah's charge, says never called 'Shramik' trains 'Corona Express'Mamata Banerjee comments came a day after Shah, addressing a virtual rally for West Bengal, accused Banerjee of "insulting" migrant workers...
Over 57 lakh migrants traveled in over 4,100 'Shramik' special trains since May 1The top five states where maximum trains terminated are Uttar Pradesh(1670 Trains), Bihar(1482 Trains), Jharkhand(194 Trains), Odisha (180 ...
People with pre-existing medical conditions should avoid Shramik specials: Railway MinistryIt has been observed that some people who are availing this service have pre-existing medical conditions which aggravates the risk they fac...
Shramik Special trains ferried around 42 lakh migrants since May 1The top five states where maximum trains terminated are Uttar Pradesh (1,428), Bihar (1,178), Jharkhand (164), Odisha (128) and Madhya Prad...
Have brought back over 5 lakh migrant workers to MP: GovtAt least 3.52 lakh migrants have returned to MP by buses while 1.46 lakh others returned on 119 special trains, said the senior bureaucrat,...
Operated 1,565 'Shramik Special' trains, ferried over 20 lakh migrants: RailwaysWhile Uttar Pradesh has allowed 837 trains, Bihar has permitted 428 and Madhya Pradesh more than 100, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said in...
MHA urges states and UTs to ensure no movement of migrant workers on roadsMHA directed the states and UTs to widely disseminate the arrangements for travel in special buses, shramik special trains amongst the migr...
800 'Shramik Special' trains run so far, 10 lakh migrants ferried home: Railways"As on May 14, 2020, a total of 800 'Shramik Special' trains have been operationalised from various states across the country. More than 10...
542 'Shramik Special' trains have run so far, 6.48 lakh migrants ferried; now 100 such trains dailyThe 448 trains were terminated in various states, including Uttar Pradesh (221), Bihar (117), Madhya Pradesh (38), Odisha (29), Jharkhand (...
Railways allows more passengers on Board 'Shramik' Specials“The train capacity should be equal to the number of sleeper berths on the train,” the revised guidelines for running these trains, issued ...
Karnataka stops special trains for migrants, Haryana CM too appeals to workers to stay amid lockdown triggered exodusThe opposition attacked the BJP government in Karnataka , accusing it of treating migrant workers worse than "bonded labourers", even as Ch...
Point-to-point train services to evacuate migrants, othersThe order came after several chief ministers requested the Centre to arrange special trains to move stranded migrants to their respective d...
Railways to charge states for ferrying migrant workers during lockdownAfter more than a month of suspension of services, the railways on Friday, which is also International Labour Day, announced six "Shramik S...
Special Kerala-Odisha train to be run for migrant workersThe migrant workers from Odisha accommodated in camps in Ernakulam District since the COVID-19 lockdown will be brought to the station in s...
Covid-19 lockdown: Special train ferries stranded migrants from Telangana to Jharkhand“Today morning a One-off special train was run from Lingampalli to Hatia on request of the State Government of Telangana and as per the dir...