COVID-19: Railways to charge states for ferrying migrant workers during lockdown
Team Udayavani, May 1, 2020, 8:37 PM IST
New Delhi: The railways will charge state governments for ferrying people stranded due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown in its ‘Shramik Special’ trains, according to an order issued on Friday.
The fare would include cost of sleeper class ticket, superfast charge of Rs 30 and Rs 20 for meals and water per passenger.
After more than a month of suspension of services, the railways on Friday, which is also International Labour Day, announced six “Shramik Special” trains for migrant workers, students and others who were stranded due to the lockdown.
The first such service was run with 1,200 passengers from Hyderabad to Jharkhand at 4:50 am on Friday.
The other five which are scheduled to run include – Nasik to Lucknow (at 9:30 pm), Aluva to Bhubaneswar (6 pm), Nasik to Bhopal (8 pm), Jaipur to Patna and Kota to Hatia (9 pm).
Each train is expected to carry 1,000-1,200 passengers.
“Passengers need not buy anything from the railways. State governments will coordinate and pay on their behalf,” the railways said.
“These special trains will be run from point to point on the request of both the state governments concerned as per the standard protocols for sending and receiving such stranded persons. The railways and state governments shall appoint senior officials as nodal officers for coordination and smooth operation of these ‘Shramik Specials’,” the national transporter said.
Officials said that a list of hundreds of such services have been planned by zonal railways over the coming days.
The railways also clarified that these are special trains planned for nominated people identified and registered by state governments.
“State government is the final authority to decide that who will travel in our trains,” a railways spokesperson said.
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