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Railways Approves Operation Of 660 More Trains As Covid Curve Flattens
With the flattening of the coronavirus curve, the Railways has added 660 more trains in June to facilitate the movement of migrant labourers and clear the waiting list in various origin-destination clusters, it said in a statement.
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8,700 People Died On Railway Tracks In 2020 Despite Reduced Train Services
Over 8,700 people were mowed down on railway tracks in 2020 even though passenger train services were severely curtailed during the year due to the national coronavirus lockdown, with officials saying many of the victims were migrant workers.
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Odisha Migrant Worker Returning Home From Surat Dies On Train
A 39-year-old migrant worker, who was returning home to Odisha's Ganjam district from Surat, died in a train, the Government Railway Police (GRP) said on Tuesday.
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No Plan To Stop Train Services, No Covid Negative Certificate Needed Either: Railways
Railways said there is no plan to curtail or stop train services and assured passengers that trains will be provided on demand amidst reports of migrant workers rushing to their hometowns, reminiscent of the days following the COVID-19 lockdown
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Sonu Sood Receives Special Humanitarian Action Award
The actor has received the award for selflessly helping stranded migrants during the coronavirus crisis by arranging food, buses, trains and chartered flights for them and providing them job opportunities
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Says 97 Migrants Died On Shramik Trains During COVID-19 Lockdown
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.
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"Thank PM For Prioritising Needs Of Odisha": Minister On 3 Extra Trains
Tweeting a copy of a letter from the Railway Board ordering the start of three new trains from Odisha's Puri to destinations across Gujarat, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister Piyush Goyal for accepting his request demanding special trains from his home state so migrant workers could "safel...
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Restart Migrant Trains From Odisha, Minister Urges Colleague Piyush Goyal
Within days of a road accident that killed seven migrant workers travelling from Odisha's Ganjam to cloth mills in Gujarat, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Railways Minister Piyush Goyal urging him to restart Special Shramik trains from his home state so people can "safely return to work" and "help restart the economy".
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Bengal Didn't Share Data, Missed Migrants Job Scheme: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday criticised the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal for allegedly opposing the pro-people policies of the centre and said the state could not be made a beneficiary of the "Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan", as it had not provided any data on migrant labourers.
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"Never Said Corona Express": Mamata Banerjee Parries Amit Shah Attack
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has finally ended her silence on the "Corona Express" remark which BJP's Amit Shah attributed to her during his virtual rally two days ago. The coinage, which targeted the special trains for migrant labourers, would bring about her political downfall, he said.
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Railways Approves Operation Of 660 More Trains As Covid Curve Flattens
With the flattening of the coronavirus curve, the Railways has added 660 more trains in June to facilitate the movement of migrant labourers and clear the waiting list in various origin-destination clusters, it said in a statement.
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8,700 People Died On Railway Tracks In 2020 Despite Reduced Train Services
Over 8,700 people were mowed down on railway tracks in 2020 even though passenger train services were severely curtailed during the year due to the national coronavirus lockdown, with officials saying many of the victims were migrant workers.
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Odisha Migrant Worker Returning Home From Surat Dies On Train
A 39-year-old migrant worker, who was returning home to Odisha's Ganjam district from Surat, died in a train, the Government Railway Police (GRP) said on Tuesday.
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No Plan To Stop Train Services, No Covid Negative Certificate Needed Either: Railways
Railways said there is no plan to curtail or stop train services and assured passengers that trains will be provided on demand amidst reports of migrant workers rushing to their hometowns, reminiscent of the days following the COVID-19 lockdown
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Sonu Sood Receives Special Humanitarian Action Award
The actor has received the award for selflessly helping stranded migrants during the coronavirus crisis by arranging food, buses, trains and chartered flights for them and providing them job opportunities
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Says 97 Migrants Died On Shramik Trains During COVID-19 Lockdown
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.
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"Thank PM For Prioritising Needs Of Odisha": Minister On 3 Extra Trains
Tweeting a copy of a letter from the Railway Board ordering the start of three new trains from Odisha's Puri to destinations across Gujarat, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister Piyush Goyal for accepting his request demanding special trains from his home state so migrant workers could "safel...
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Restart Migrant Trains From Odisha, Minister Urges Colleague Piyush Goyal
Within days of a road accident that killed seven migrant workers travelling from Odisha's Ganjam to cloth mills in Gujarat, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Railways Minister Piyush Goyal urging him to restart Special Shramik trains from his home state so people can "safely return to work" and "help restart the economy".
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Bengal Didn't Share Data, Missed Migrants Job Scheme: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday criticised the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal for allegedly opposing the pro-people policies of the centre and said the state could not be made a beneficiary of the "Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan", as it had not provided any data on migrant labourers.
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"Never Said Corona Express": Mamata Banerjee Parries Amit Shah Attack
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has finally ended her silence on the "Corona Express" remark which BJP's Amit Shah attributed to her during his virtual rally two days ago. The coinage, which targeted the special trains for migrant labourers, would bring about her political downfall, he said.
