The Indian Railways on Monday said the average fare per person on Shramik Special trains was Rs 600 and indicated that by carrying 60 lakh migrant workers home since May 1, it has generated a revenue of around Rs 360 crore.
No more Shramik Special trains from the national capital of Delhi would be plying to other states as there was no fresh demand from the local government
Facing public anger over the death of a few passengers travelling in Shramik Special trains, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav on Friday said that "some people have died during the train journeys and Railways is gathering details"
Indian Railways on Friday said that it was monitoring each train to ensure smooth provision of food and water. Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman of Railway Board told this to media during press conference on Friday.
Days after nine deaths were reported on-board Shramik Special trains, the Indian Railways on Friday made an appeal that persons with comorbidities, pregnant women, children below 10 years and senior citizens should avoid non-essential travel by trains. At least nine passengers were reported dead on May 27 over a span of 48 hours onboard the migrant trains, with the railways stating that all of them had health conditions.
The Indian Railways transported over 48 lakh stranded migrant workers in 26 days in 3,543 Shramik Special trains that started operating since May 1
CM Mamata Banerjee has accused the Indian Railways of plying 36 Shramik Special trains from Maharashtra to West Bengal without the knowledge of the Trinamool Congress-led state government
Migrants labourers panicked after a shramik special train in which they were travelling caught minor fire after some fault was detected in the break-binding system of the train.
Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi, while addressing the media on May 23, talked about 'shramik' special trains that have brought migrant workers to the state.
Action has been taken against Palghar tehsildar Sunil Shinde who allegedly abused and kicked a migrant who was waiting to collect token to board a train.
Unprecedented scenes have been witnessed at Mumbai's Bandra Railway station after thousands of migrant labourers gathered at the station. As per initial reports, the migrants were informed that special trains will be running from the Bandra railway station for labourers.
The Centre said that the move would provide significant relief to the migrants across the country who are seeking to go to their home states
In a new order, the MHA has said it would run more such trains without any hindrances and would also facilitate the faster movement of migrant workers who are stranded in different parts of the country.
A man was found dead in one of the Shramik Special trains coming to Lucknow from Gujarat, late on Saturday evening, police said. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Bihar state government will bear the train fare of returning students and also reimburse migrant workers on completing their quarantine, as all are returning to their native states amid coronavirus lockdown extention in the country. The announcement has been made by chief minister Nitish Kumar.
The 02121 Shramik Special carried over 800 others from Maharashtra's Nashik, all stranded there for weeks after a lockdown to fight coronavirus was imposed nationwide.
A "Shramik Special" train will move migrant workers and stranded people from Nasik in Maharashtra to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh today amid a countrywide lockdown.
A "Shramik Special" train will ferry migrant workers and stranded people from Jaipur in Rajasthan to Patna in Bihar today amid a countrywide lockdown.
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