The current and former MPs avail free railway travel. An incident of misuse of concession and waste of Government funds was reported. Former MP of CPI(M) in Bengal was involved in squandering Government funds.
New Delhi – The reservation of tickets for 200 special trains being run from 1st June has started on 21st May. The railways had first decided to run non-air-conditioned trains; however, now both air-conditioned and ordinary coaches will be added to the trains. Only passengers without coronavirus symptoms will be allowed to travel on these … Read more
After the Ministry of Railways has started Shramik Special trains and Rajdhani Special trains for the migrant labourers across the country, 200 Special trains are now being introduced every day from 1st June across the country.
The Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL seeking directions to facilitate migrant labourers walking on foot to return to their native places. SC said that the State Governments should take necessary steps to look into the convenience of labourers and bring them home.
On 14th May, workers in various parts of the country caused chaos on the streets, despite the Central Government scheduling trains to transport stranded migrant workers to their hometowns. Some worker were killed in road accidents at some places.
Indian Railways have cancelled all tickets booked to travel on or before 30th June and the passengers will get a full refund. Railway will continue to run special Shramik trains.
Twenty-one labourers working in SRJ Steel Plant in Jalna, left for Madhya Pradesh on the night of 7th May from Jalna to Aurangabad through railway tracks.
The Western Railway has come out with some details of what was stolen from the trains. In 2017, over 74,000 thefts in Railway trains and properties caused a loss of Rs.157 crores