NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAY 10
Nearly 1,000 workers from Tamil Nadu, stranded in Maharashtra, reached Tiruchirappalli by a Shramik Special train on Sunday, a senior Southern Railway official said.
Shramik Special from Pandharpur (Maharasntra) arrived Trichy at 11:50 with 969 passengers belonging to Tamilnadu. District and Railway authorities received them following all health formalities. They proceeded to their native districts in buses arranged by District officials. pic.twitter.com/JA4wIWW38t
— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) May 10, 2020
As workers belonging to other states and stuck in Tamil Nadu have been leaving for their respective states, 969 men arrived at Tiruchirappalli from Pandharpur in Maharashtra. “Shramik Special from Pandharpur (Maharashtra) arrived at Trichy at 11:50 am with 969 passengers belonging to Tamilnadu.
District and Railway authorities received them after letting them go through health formalities. They proceeded to their native districts by buses arranged by the district officials,” Southern Railway General Manager said on his twitter handle.
On Saturday, special trains were operated from a couple of cities in Tamil Nadu to various destinations. A train left for Jagannathpur in Odisha from here with 1,038 passengers, and another ferrying 1,126 people to Danapur in Bihar departed from Katpadi (Vellore). Also, 2,280 people (1,140 passengers in each train) began their journey to Jaunpur and Akbarpur, both in Uttar Pradesh, by two separate trains from Coimbatore.
Wish all of them to have a safe journey. I am glad that they will be with their family soon. https://t.co/i6SDNAMCbl
— CMOTamilNadu (@CMOTamilnadu) May 10, 2020
On May 8, a train was operated to Saharsa in Bihar from Coimbatore with 1,140 guest workers. “Wish all of them have a safe journey. I am glad they will be with their family soon,” Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami had said. The Chief Minister also clarified that the state government will bear the train fares of migrant labourers in a twitter handle. The funds for train charges would be met from the Disaster Relief Funds, the Chief Minister added.
வெளிமாநில தொழிலாளர்களின் நலனை கருத்தில் கொண்டு, அவர்கள் தங்களது சொந்த மாநிலங்களுக்கு செல்வதற்கு உண்டான இரயில் கட்டணத்தை தமிழக அரசே ஏற்கும். இதற்கான நிதி மாநில பேரிடர் நிவாரண நிதியிலிருந்து ஒதுக்கப்படும். #MigrantWorkers #TNGovt
— CMOTamilNadu (@CMOTamilnadu) May 9, 2020
Thermal screening of passengers was done at the railway stations and people were requested to maintain individual distancing throughout their journey.
