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NEW DELHI: in the midst of coronavirus pandemic, the return of migrant workers to west of bengal it has become another critical point between the Center and the state government led by TMC with the interior minister Amit Shah claiming that the state government does not allow special trains.
In a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Shah said that not allowing trains to arrive in West Bengal is an “injustice” to the state’s migrant workers that can create further difficulties for workers.
In response to the letter from the Minister of the Interior, the TMC He accused Amit Shah of “lying” that the West Bengal government did not allow trains to reach the state, and said that eight trains had already been planned to transport migrants from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Telangana.
The first train will depart Saturday from Hyderabad to Maldasaid the TMC.
However, railway officials said that so far there has been no registered proposal with the national carrier to bring more ‘Shramik Special’ trains to the state.
The railroad said they did not yet have the proposal for the train, which according to the TMC was scheduled from Hyderabad to Malda on Saturday at 3pm.
But shortly after the railway declaration, a senior official said the West Bengal government is organizing special trains to bring back more than 30,000 state residents stranded in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Punjab due to the ongoing blockade.
Stranded people are mostly migrant workers, patients and their assistants, studentsWest Bengal pilgrims and tourists said.
A total of 31,224 people are stranded in the four states, of which more than half (17,000) are in Telangana, he said.
Three trains carrying some 7,500 people from West Bengal will begin their trips from Bangalore in Karnataka on Saturday and will arrive at their destinations, Bankura, Purulia and New Jalpaiguri stations, in the state on Sunday and Monday, the official said.
Two trains with about 2,418 people, mostly patients, will leave Vellore in Tamil Nadu on Monday and arrive at Kharagpur and Howrah railway stations in the state on Tuesday, he said.
The official said two trains were organized to bring back the stranded people in Punjab.
the indian railways So far, only two trains have traveled to West Bengal, one from Rajasthan and the other from Kerala.
In an expanded meeting with several TMC MPs, including Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien, he said that West Bengal manages 711 migrant camps in the state and is taking good care of them.
(With contributions from the agency)
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