NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, MAY 14
Over 300 Shramik Special trains from Gujarat have ferried around 4 lakh migrant workers to their home states amid the lockdown so far, accounting for 40 percent of transportation of such people in the country, said officials on Thursday.
#Ahmedabad
આવતીકાલે અમદાવાદ શહેરમાં જીવન જરૂરિયાત ચીજવસ્તુઓ મળીનું વેચાણ ફરી ચાલુ થવાનું હોવાથી લોકો નિયમોનુ પાલન કરે અને સુરક્ષિત રહી ખરીદી કરે તેવી મેયર @ibijalpatel એ અપીલ કરી@AMCAhmedabad @Amc_Gujarat pic.twitter.com/hy8Fo1LYsN— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) May 14, 2020
With this, out of the total 10 lakh migrants sent back to their respective native places through Shramik Special trains across the country so far, as many as four lakh were from Gujarat alone, they said.
#Surat
ઓલપાડના દીહેણ ગામે નોંધાયેલા ૭ કોરોના દર્દીઓ પૈકિ ૪ સાજા થઇ ઘરે પરત આવ્યા
ગામજનોએ 4 યવુકોને તાળી અને ફુલોથી વધાવ્યા
હાલ દીહેણ ગામના 3 દર્દી સારવાર હેઠળ#GujaratFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/2AjtMpDqSc— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) May 14, 2020
Till Wednesday night, 301 trains carrying around four lakh migrant workers and their family members had departed from different cities of Gujarat, said Secretary in the Chief Minister’s Office, Ashwani Kumar.
અત્યારનો આ સમય રાજનીતિ કરવાનો નહી, સાથે મળીને કોરોનાના સંકટમાંથી રાજ્યને રાષ્ટ્રને બેઠું કરવાનો છે : પ્રદિપસિંહ જાડેજા @PradipsinhGuj
વિગતવાર માહિતી માટે આપેલ લિંક પર ક્લિક કરો : https://t.co/PZvSCkIbAl#Gujarat #GujaratFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/gil7Aq8joo
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) May 14, 2020
“Around 10 lakh migrants were sent back to their native places by trains across India till Wednesday. Among these, four lakh were from Gujarat alone.
“We are also hopeful that migrant workers would come back to Gujarat soon to resume their work,” said Kumar in a video message.
આરોગ્ય અગ્ર સચિવ ડૉ. જયંતી રવિએ અમદાવાદના અસારવામાં @AMCAhmedabad દ્વારા થઈ રહેલ ડોર ટુ ડોર સર્વેલન્સની કામગીરીનું નિરીક્ષણ કર્યું
ડોર ટુ ડોર સર્વેલન્સની કામગીરીને વધારે અસરકારક બનાવવા કેટલાક સુચનો કર્યા હતા@JayantiRavi @GujHFWDept @Amc_Gujarat #GujaratFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/YjGTGlHTQd— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) May 14, 2020
Out of 301 trains which had departed from Gujarat to date, as many as 204 trains were for Uttar Pradesh, followed by 34 trains for Bihar, 30 for Odisha, 20 for Madhya Pradesh, eight for Jharkhand, among other states, he said.
Ahmedabad Dist sends 17,000 labourers to home by 11 trains
As a part of its ongoing series “Vatan Vaapsi” (Journey Back to Home), aimed at sending the migrant labourers to their respective native places through railways, the Ahmedabad district administration has sent nearly 17,000 labourers by as many as 11 trains in the last 24 hours. So far, the district administration has sent nearly 1,12,000 passengers, who had arrived in Gujarat in search of their livelihood, to their respective states, said K. K. Nirala, Ahmedabad District Collector, here on Thursday.
મુખ્યમંત્રી @vijayrupanibjp ફેસબુક પર "આત્મનિર્ભર ગુજરાત યોજના" અંગે કરી રહ્યા છે લાઈવ સંબોધન
લાઈવ જોવા ક્લીક કરો: https://t.co/qqO3wyUoN7 pic.twitter.com/AIr5ZGFsBf
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) May 14, 2020
“Firstly, a list of labourers residing in Ahmedabad city and other parts of the district was prepared; then they were brought to Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Memco in the city, and later were taken to Ahmedabad railway station,” he added.
રેલ્વે કર્મચારીઓની અવિરત મહેનતથી @RailwaySeva એ 800 શ્રમિક સ્પેશિયલ ટ્રેનો દ્વારા અત્યાર સુધીમાં 10 લાખ કામદારોને પરિવાર સાથે ઘરે પહોંચાડ્યા
રેલ્વે કર્મચારીઓની કાર્યનિષ્ઠાની વખાણ કરતા રેલ મંત્રી @PiyushGoyal એ કહ્યુ કે આ કર્મચારીઓ પર તેઓ ગર્વ અનુભવે છે#IndiaFightsCorona https://t.co/JSrLvg0et6
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) May 14, 2020
It should be noted that these 17,000 labourers included, 1,637 labourers sent to Meu, 1,453 labourers to Pratapgadh, 1,592 labourers to Kanpur, 1,600 Lucknow, 1,600 to Agra, 1,404 to Dehradun, 1,600 to Azamgadh, 1,417 labourers from Viramgam to Kanpur and Azamgadh, 1,601 to Faizabad, and 1,365 and 1,600 to Kanpur through two separate trains. In total 11 trains were flagged-off from by the district administration, the district collector added.
https://twitter.com/DDNewsGujarati/status/1260830821335748611?s=20
One Ramprakash, who boarded the train to Kanpur, said that the district administration has made wonderful and adequate arrangements, which included food and water, for the journey. “I am very thankful to the government for providing us such facilities.”
#Amul का लोगो से आग्रह, आईस्क्रीम खाने से नहीं होता कोरोना,
अमूल के MD @Rssamul ने कहा, पिछले तीन महीनो में काफी कम हुई है आईस्क्रीम की बिक्री. ठंडी चीज और #icecream खाने से नहीं फैलता #CoronaVirus , पहले ही स्पष्ट कर चुका हैं @fssaiindia @DDNewsHindi @DDNewslive @Amul_Coop pic.twitter.com/LsLvL6Pypb— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) May 14, 2020
Another passenger, Chandresh Chauhan said, “I am heartily happy with the arrangements made by the government. My family is residing in Kanpur. I have children and wife, who were worried about my well being; finally, I am reaching home now.”
Shramik Special trains to transport migrant workers stranded due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown were started following a nod from the Centre early this month.
