[ad_1] The South Western Railway (SWR) of the area operated nine special trains to ferry 13,119 migrants back home to the seven northern and eastern states of India, an official said Tuesday. “First Shramik special train Tuesday left from Hubli to Hatia in Jharkhand to 12:00 pm, with 1,477 passengers,” …
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[ad_1] Rising temperatures and the deaths of at least 8 migrant workers in the past 20 days have prompted the Madhya Pradesh government to lift restrictions on the MP-Maharashtra border for workers in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, authorities said . The influx of migrant workers, about 25,000 per day …
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[ad_1] The Union Ministry of the Interior has asked all Union states and territories to cooperate with the railways to operate more special “Shramik” trains for migrant workers. “I urge everyone to allow them to receive all of the Shramik special trains without hindrance and to facilitate the faster movement …
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[ad_1] A special Shramik train carrying 1,208 migrant workers from Chhattisgarh, who were stranded in Gujarat due to the closure, will arrive in the Bilaspur district on Monday. District officials said the arriving migrant workers will be sent by bus to their villages and districts, where they will be held …
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[ad_1] Karnataka recorded its largest peak in the number of Covid-19 cases on Sunday with 54 more people testing positive to bring the cumulative count to 848, including 31 deaths and 422 discharges, the state health department said. The Shivamogga district that was in the green zone reported eight new …
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[ad_1] Representative Image: ANI Railroad Police Superintendent Soumitra Yadav said in the first incident that a 29-year-old migrant worker from Sitapur, identified as Kanhaiya Lal, died in a Shramik Special returning from Bhavnagar in Gujarat to Basti in Uttar Pradesh. PTI Lucknow Last update: May 9, 2020, 11:32 PM IST …
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[ad_1] Indian Railways has operated 302 “Shramik Special” trains since May 1 and transported more than 3 lakh migrants stranded in various parts of the country to their homes amid the coronavirus-induced blockade, authorities said. The national carrier has planned to operate 47 trains on Saturday, of which 34 trains …
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[ad_1] Migrant workers, who were stranded in Gujarat due to the closure, fill bottles with drinking water from a container as they wait to board a train that will take them to their home state of Bihar. (Reuters) The railways started special migrant trains on May 1 after the central …
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