The New Delhi waiting list was given because in the first trains it was seen that some people were canceling tickets when the train opened. Now due to the provision of the waiting list, the berth vacated by the cancellation tickets will be filled with the rest: Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board.
3.5 million migrant workers have traveled from one state to another while around 10 lakh workers have been able to travel inside the state, Booked only 30% of the berth capacity in some trains, though some trains 100% seats have been booked in Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav.
We have allowed travel on the confirmed tickets only. Also, the route ticket is absolutely forbidden. No passenger is allowed to board the route, so the RAC ticket is likely to be confirmed: Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav.
Currently pays 85% of the fare of Shramik Special Trains while the Central Government pays 15% of the fare. Initially, some NGOs also contributed partially to the fare: Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav.
We have arranged trains for workers in an emergency in every zone: Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav arranged food for those living around the railway. 47 miles have been distributed: Railway Board Chairman.
The railway is making PPE, Masks, Sanitizers in its workshops: Yadav
1 thousand ticket booking counters have opened and gradually all ticket windows will open. Also, tickets are allowed to be provided to railway agents, post offices, common service centers, etc.:
The railways, along with the Yadav state governments, plan to take all the workers to their homes. Workers’ special trains will continue to run till each migrant laborer reaches his destination. We have planned that 36 lakh people will be able to travel in the next 10 days.
Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav said that on the occasion of Labor Day on May 1, workers have started running special trains. On May 20, the maximum number of 279 trains were run.
Home Ministry spokeswoman Punya Salila Srivastava said that on March 27, an advisory was issued to states and union territories to take care of the convenience of migrant workers. On March 28, the State Disaster Fund was ordered to spend the money. Then an advisory was done on 29 March.
On 12 and 14 April, the states were also advised that if any rumor is coming from somewhere, it should be stopped. It was also advised to seek cooperation from community leaders, NGOs, etc.
On April 29, an order was issued allowing the movement of workers from one state to another.
Workers’ special trains were run from 1 May. On 19, The Home Ministry removed another SOP so that the movement of migrant workers would be easier.
Piyush Goyal has hinted, now it’s time to normalize
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said a few days ago that the time has come that the country should be “taken to normalcy”. Given the way in which the Railways has started the operation of passenger trains in a phased manner in the recent past, there is a possibility of further relief. Labor special trains were the first to run in lockdown.
Railways started operating Shramik Special trains on the occasion of Labor Day. The first train in the lockdown left from Telangana to Hatia in Jharkhand. After this, 15 pairs of Rajdhani trains started operating from May 12. All these trains are going to New Delhi. These are trains going from New Delhi to Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi and coming to New Delhi from these places. Now from June 1, 100 pairs of trains are being started, for which tickets have started getting tickets. Keep in mind that the Railways has reserved 20 thousand bogies for Corona virus care centers.
