Two Shramik trains from Ferozepur ferried 2396 migrant laborers to Utter Pradesh
Migrants from 8 districts of Malwa and one from Majha boarded the trains
Ferozepur, May 15, 2020: The Ferozepur rail division continuing its process operation of Shramik Express trains from to ferry the immigrant labourers from Punjab to various state and today two more Shramik trains moved from Ferozepur ferrying 2,396 laboruers to Uttar Pradesh.
Today, it was the 50th train from Ludhiana, 100th of Ferozepur division and 125th of Punjab and 150th of Northern Railway has moved carrying about 2 lac migrants to their destinations. Northern Railway is second to Western Railway in running the Shramik trains, said DRM Ferozepur Division, Rajesh Aggarwal.
He said, the Ferozepur rail division, as of today, has moved 104 Shramik special trains which include 22 trains for Bihar, 73 for UP, 4 for Jharkhand, 2 for MP, one each for Chhatisgarh, APL and West Bengal from different stations as 51 from Ludhiana, 40 from Jalandhar, 10 from Amritsar and 3 from Ferozepur Cantt carrying around 1.25 lakh passengers.
While two special trains have moved today from Ferozepur carrying around 2296 migrant labourers for Amethi, one such trains had moved on Thursday carrying 1200 passengers for Uttar Pradesh.
The entire expenditure for operation of these trains have been borne by the Punjab government said Kulwant Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepur in addition to providing the food packets, water bottles, face masks to the passengers.
At the time of departure of train, the migrant labourers thanked the Punjab government with clapping for making all arrangements for sending them to their home town without any charges.
The migrants from 8 districts of Malwa region – Bathinda, Barnala, Mansa, Moga, Faridkot, Muktsar, Fazilka, Ferozepur and one from Tarn Taran in Majha region, had moved today afternoon and in the evening for Amethi and Gorakhpur.
All precautions of social distancing, screening by the health department were taken care of as per the instructions on the medical protocol of Covid-29.
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