Gandhinagar, 26 May 2020
Return of around 12.96 lakh migrant workers through 882 special Shramik trains as of 25th May, 2020, in Gujarat. Gujarat BJP’s Vijay Rupani’s government has completely failed to stop the workers in Gujarat. So that thousands of factories could not run.
2989 Shramik trains have been operated as of 24th May, 2020; 00:00 hours to send 40 lakh migrant workers back to their home. Out of this, Gujarat has operated 839 Shramik trains to arrange the safe return of 12 lakh 28 thousand labourers.
43 trains will be operated today to carry 68 thousand migrants. 17 trains will run for U.P, 13 for Bihar, 3 for Jharkhand, 1 train for Andhra Pradesh, 1 train from Tripura, and 8 trains for Orissa.
Providing details of the same, Secretary to the CM, Mr.Ashwani Kumar said, All necessary safety protocols are being observed in the trains in addition to the provision of food and potable water.