Union Railway and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that the Indian Railways has transported over 20 lakh stranded migrant workers through the 1,565 Shramik Special trains since May 1.
In a tweet, Goyal said, “Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, railways have sent more than 20 lakh migrant workers back to their native places in 1,565 Shramik Special trains. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh alone have given permission to operate 837, 428 and 100 Shramik Special trains respectively.”
On Monday, Goyal also spoke to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. During the telephonic conversation with the Railway Minister, Adityanath approved to double the numbers of the Shramik Special trains to transport the stranded migrant workers in several parts of the country. Even Nitish Kumar gave the nod to operate 50 Shramik Special trains per day to transport the stranded migrant workers.
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