13th Shramik Express with 1,085 migrants on board chus for Bihar from Ferozepur
Ferozepur, May 26, Owing to the strenuous efforts of the state government led by the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh the 13th ‘Shramik Express’ train with 1085 migrants onboard chugged off from Ferozepur Cantt railway station to Bettiah district in Bihar.
Earlier in the morning, one special train has moved for Bihar with 925 migrants on board.
The Punjab government was bearing the entire expenses of the train which was around Rs 11.20 lakh. The state government has till Tuesday has flagged off a total of twelve trains to various locations in Utter Pradesh and Bihar The expenditure of all the trains has been borne by the state government to fulfil its commitment to facilitate the migrant labourers in this hour of crisis.
Apart from free travel the state government was also ensuring food for the migrants who were moving to their native state in the trains. Pertinently, the Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab Government has sanctioned a whopping budget as a cost of transportation to ferry thousands of migrant labourers to their native states.
The Ferozepur administration has received the amount from the state government which was being paid to the Railways directly for providing tickets to the registered passengers thereby enabling them to go to their native states free of cost.
Likewise, a team of the Health department was screening every migrant who was coming to the station for boarding the train. The district administration had made adequate arrangements for maintaining social distancing amongst the passengers before boarding the train.