Maligaon, May 19 (MExN): The Shramik Special Trains which started operations from various locations of the country from May 1 are being run continuously to transport stranded people to their respective states.
According to Subhanan Chanda, CPRO Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), 110 such Shramik Special Trains reached NFR areas with about 110000 stranded people till May 19.
All the passengers of Shramik Special Trains are mainly students, patients, and migrant labours with their family members. Out of 110 trains, 13 trains arrived in various Northeast states like Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Assam till May 18 with about 17000 stranded people. Another 6-7 trains will be arriving within the next 2-3 days in these states with stranded people, the CPRO’s press release informed.
Few Shramik Special trains for transportation of stranded persons from Northeast to states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka by the respective state governments are also planned in the coming days, it added.
Passengers were given free meals, water and necessary medical help by railways as and when required during the journey.
Only those persons enlisted by the State Governments and brought to the station can travel on these Shramik Special Trains. No individual including stranded people and migrant labour can board these trains by coming to any Railway station on their own.
All the passengers arriving by the Shramik special trains were received by respective civil administration of the states at Railway station after following all necessary COVID-19 protocols. All passengers were guided by RPF & GRP personal in queues after de-boarding from the train for proper screening by state government officials by maintaining social distancing.
