Government tells Parliament in first such admission New Delhi: The Government has informed the Rajya Sabha that 97 people died on board the Shramik Specials, admitting for the first time that migrant labourers lost their lives in the trains which were run to ferry them during the COVID-19 lockdown. In a written answer to a…
Mysore/Mysuru: The 11th Shramik Special train carrying migrant workers, who were stranded in Mysuru, Kodagu, Hassan and Hunsur, left for Guwahati, Assam, from Mysuru yesterday. The train carrying as many as 466 registered migrants started the journey from Ashokapuram Railway Station at 1.30 pm. In addition, 176 migrants from Ramanagara boarded the Shramik Special. The…
SWR Mysuru Division runs 10 Shramik trains till today facilitating 14,066 passengers to reach their homes Mysore/Mysuru: The tenth ‘point-to-point’ Shramik Special train from South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, carrying 1,520 migrants, left Ashokapuram (Mysuru) Station today at 1 pm for New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. This train is being run as per the…
‘Lockdown Yadav’, ‘Corona Kumari’ are some of the names given to new-borns New Delhi: Good news from Shramik Specials or Train of Fortune as over 30 babies were born on board since the beginning of May, providing some of the migrant workers a tinge of joy amid all the odds they are facing trying to…
Mysore/Mysuru: The eight ‘point-to-point’ Shramik Special train from Mysuru Division, carrying 1,164 migrants, left Ashokapuram (Mysuru) Station on Sunday at 14:00 hrs for Purnia in Bihar. This train is being run as per the request of the State Governments of Bihar and Karnataka. The train comprising 22 LHB coaches is scheduled to reach Purnia (2488…
Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 1,250 registered migrants from Mysuru boarded the Shramik Special at Ashokapuram Railway Station (Mysuru) operated by the Railways today at the behest of the State Governments of Bihar and Karnataka. This special train comprises 20 coaches, including 18 Sleeper and 2 General Second Class providing accommodation for 1,250 passengers. This train…
Second train carrying migrant workers leaves Ashokapuram Railway Station Mysore/Mysuru: Over 12,158 migrants from city have registered their names in the State Government’s Seva Sindhu app and web portal to go to their native villages in the Shramik Special trains operated by the Indian Railways. Of them, only 2,960 applications have been processed and the…
3,000 people from Uttar Pradesh stranded in Mysuru to reach homes in Shramik Special Mysore/Mysuru: The fervent appeals by thousands of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh (UP) to permit them to return to their native places has been realised today with the State Government facilitating them to travel by train from city to their home…
Social distancing maintained during boarding with all passengers wearing face masks Mysore/Mysuru: The first ‘Shramik Special’ train from South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, with 1,428 migrant labourers belonging to Bihar onboard, started at 14:30 hrs yesterday (May 12) from Kabakaputtur Railway Station in Dakshina Kannada District. This train has been scheduled as per the…
By Rajkumar Bhavasar Mysore/Mysuru: Thousands of migrant workers have been stranded in places across the country since the nationwide lockdown was enforced on Mar. 25. To ease the situation, the Centre on Friday gave its nod for stranded migrant workers, students and others to return home by “Shramik Special” trains that will be run by…
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