‘Will Bear Cost of Rail Travel of Migrant Workers’: Sonia Gandhi
4 years, 8 months ago

‘Will Bear Cost of Rail Travel of Migrant Workers’: Sonia Gandhi

The Quint  

In a detailed statement, she said: “Our workers and labourers form the backbone of our economy. As the central government barely gave a four-hour notice of the lockdown, workers and migrant labourers were denied the opportunity to return to their homes. Post the partition of 1947, this is the first time India witnessed a tragedy with such a massive human cost as thousands of migrant workers and labourers were forced to walk home several hundred kilometres on foot – without food, without medicines, without money, without transportation, without anything except for the desire to return to their families and loved ones. Even today, lakhs of workers and migrant labourers are languishing in different parts of the country and wish to return to their homes and families but there is neither adequate money nor provision for free transport.

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Odisha train accident sheds light on plight of labourers leaving home for work
1 year, 7 months ago

Odisha train accident sheds light on plight of labourers leaving home for work

Hindustan Times  

On Sunday morning, in a small hut at Charankhali village, close to the Sunderbans delta in West Bengal’s South 24 Paraganas district, 65 year old Subhadra Guyen was inconsolable. An official of the South Paraganas district, one of Bengal’s poorest, said, “At least a dozen people from South 24 Parganas district have died and more than 100 were injured. Read …

Worst rail disruption of year as train workers walk out in pay dispute
2 years, 3 months ago

Worst rail disruption of year as train workers walk out in pay dispute

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The companies with whom we are in dispute have not offered us a penny, and we think it is outrageous …

Rail workers to stage fresh strikes
2 years, 4 months ago

Rail workers to stage fresh strikes

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We want the companies, which are making big profits, …

Just 1 in 5 trains to be left running as rail workers begin days of strikes
2 years, 4 months ago

Just 1 in 5 trains to be left running as rail workers begin days of strikes

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Just one in five trains across Great Britain are expected to …

Rail travellers warned of disruption today as train drivers strike over pay
2 years, 4 months ago

Rail travellers warned of disruption today as train drivers strike over pay

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rail passengers are suffering fresh misery on Saturday because of strikes by train drivers, with more …

Massive wave of rail strikes spark fear for food supply
2 years, 7 months ago

Massive wave of rail strikes spark fear for food supply

The Telegraph  

Rail reforms being considered fit into four broad sections: pensions reform, reducing headcount, agreeing new pay deals and plans to shut hundreds of train station ticket offices. A Government source says: “It’s very strongly felt … that we need to create a railway system that’s sustainable for the future. Is your local train company going to end up being the …

Covid-19 migrant crisis: How they returned
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 migrant crisis: How they returned

Hindustan Times  

Millions of labourers spilled out of India’s cities in a desperate attempt to reach home during the lockdown. Their plight holds important takeaways for the country’s policymakers and development strategists A migrant labourer gets emotional while talking to a relative over his mobile phone at Nizamuddin Bridge, May 11, 2020. WALKING OR CYCLING Roughly a week after the lockdown was …

2020: The year that gave India a glimpse of life without trains
4 years ago

2020: The year that gave India a glimpse of life without trains

Live Mint  

The year 2020 showed India a glimpse of how life would be without trains. Between May 1 and August 30, the Railways ferried 63.15 such workers home across 23 states in over 4,000 Shramik Special trains, not only bringing huge relief to the stranded migrants, but also hope for the others that their lifeline was down, but not out. Faced …

'Who Pays Migrants' Rail Fare?How Many Days Needed To Shift Them?Who Gives Them Food?', SC Asks Centre
4 years, 7 months ago

'Who Pays Migrants' Rail Fare?How Many Days Needed To Shift Them?Who Gives Them Food?', SC Asks Centre

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday posed several questions to the Central Government on the issues concerning migrant workers, who have been stranded during the lockdown.A bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah was considering the suo moto case titled "In Re: Problems and Miseries Of Migrant Workers".At first, the bench sought clarity as to who …

After Karnakata HC Rap, Karnataka Govt Decides To Bear Cost Of Migrants' Travel To Native States
4 years, 7 months ago

After Karnakata HC Rap, Karnataka Govt Decides To Bear Cost Of Migrants' Travel To Native States

Live Law  

The Karnataka Government on Friday announced that it will bear the cost of travel of migrant workers and stranded persons to their respective States by Shramik Trains up to 31st may, 2020. This was announced by the Chief Minister, B S Yediyurappa, in Twitter on Friday afternoon.3/3Therefore Karnataka Government will bear the cost of travel of migrant workers and stranded …

Our families need us in this tough time, migrant workers say as they struggle to go home
4 years, 7 months ago

Our families need us in this tough time, migrant workers say as they struggle to go home

The Hindu  

Babban Mahto’s wait to see his two-month-old girl for the first time only seems to be getting longer. It says the application has been successfully submitted, but how do we know which train will take us home and when?” asks Jitendra Mahto, 35, who worked in a T-shirt printing unit. Salendra Kumar, 30, from Bihar’s Chapra district, says he just …

UP Govt accepts Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s offer of providing 1,000 buses for migrant workers, seeks details
4 years, 7 months ago

UP Govt accepts Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s offer of providing 1,000 buses for migrant workers, seeks details

Op India  

The Uttar Pradesh government today accepted Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s offer of providing 1,000 buses for migrant workers. Letter by UP Addnl CS to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra In a letter to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, UP Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi informed her that the government has accepted her proposal dated 16th May for providing buses for migrant workers. …

Gujarat employers force migrants to pay for train tickets, Chhattisgarh govt orders probe
4 years, 7 months ago

Gujarat employers force migrants to pay for train tickets, Chhattisgarh govt orders probe

India Today  

Seventy-one migrant labourers who returned to Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh from Gandhinagar in Gujarat by a special train early this week have claimed their employers took money from them for the commute, an official said on Sunday. A state government release said a probe was ordered by the collector into the allegations, and a report has been submitted by the latter …

'No food, no water, no money': Back in UP's Banda on Shramik Special, migrant labourers look back on long journey home
4 years, 7 months ago

'No food, no water, no money': Back in UP's Banda on Shramik Special, migrant labourers look back on long journey home

Firstpost  

Maneuvering the lockdown, contradictory government mandates and the always looming threat of both the virus and starvation, the first wave of migrants finally returned to their hometowns this week. In the current spirit of being ‘vocal about local’ we waited at Banda station to welcome the first train of labourers returning home from Surat on the newly-running Shramik Express trains. …

'We Will Take Your Voice To The Govt': Rahul Gandhi Tweets Heart-Wrenching Video Of Hapless Migrant Labourers
4 years, 7 months ago

'We Will Take Your Voice To The Govt': Rahul Gandhi Tweets Heart-Wrenching Video Of Hapless Migrant Labourers

ABP News  

अंधकार घना है कठिन घड़ी है, हिम्मत रखिए-हम इन सभी की सुरक्षा में खड़े हैं। सरकार तक इनकी चीखें पहुँचा के रहेंगे, इनके हक़ की हर मदद दिला के रहेंगे। देश की साधारण जनता नहीं, ये तो देश के स्वाभिमान का ध्वज हैं. इसे कभी भी झुकने नहीं देंगे। pic.twitter.com/bBf48DiluY — Rahul Gandhi May 14, 2020 New Delhi: Congress leader …

Maharashtra government to pay railway fare of migrant workers using CM's Relief Fund
4 years, 8 months ago

Maharashtra government to pay railway fare of migrant workers using CM's Relief Fund

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra government on Sunday decided that it will pay for the railway fare of the Shramik Special trains all migrant workers who do not have the ability to pay for their ticket back home. The state government will be transferring the amount required to pay for such tickets to the accounts of district collectors to aid migrant workers who …

Opinion | Why thousands of migrant workers are still walking on foot along railway tracks
4 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Why thousands of migrant workers are still walking on foot along railway tracks

India TV News  

In a gruesome tragedy on Thursday morning, 16 migrant workers were crushed to death by a goods train at Karmad near Aurangabad, Maharashtra sending shock waves throughout the nation. India TV reporter noticed migrant workers walking in groups along the rail tracks near Thane on Thursday. So far, Indian Railways have run 222 special trains transporting nearly 2.5 lakh migrant …

Migrants Thought Trains Weren’t Running: Rail Safety Officer
4 years, 8 months ago

Migrants Thought Trains Weren’t Running: Rail Safety Officer

The Quint  

Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety, SK Pathak, who heads a wing that investigates serious rail accidents, has reportedly written to the Railway Board chairman asking that ‘abundant caution’ be exercised about migrants walking near train tracks under the false impression that no trains were plying due to the COVID-19 lockdown. According to Hindustan Times, in the letter, written hours after …

Policy of providing buses, trains to transport migrant workers poorly implemented: Chidambaram
4 years, 8 months ago

Policy of providing buses, trains to transport migrant workers poorly implemented: Chidambaram

The Hindu  

The policy of providing buses and trains to transport migrant workers was poorly designed, coordinated and implemented, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said on Friday, as he slammed the government for the “belated” decision on their transportation while lakhs of people had begun their trek home. “Two days ago I had tweeted why the central and state governments are oblivious …

Aurangabad Train Accident: 16 migrant workers sleeping on tracks run over by goods train in Maharashtra; railway ministry orders inquiry
4 years, 8 months ago

Aurangabad Train Accident: 16 migrant workers sleeping on tracks run over by goods train in Maharashtra; railway ministry orders inquiry

Firstpost  

Fourteen migrant workers were killed after coming under a goods train in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district on Friday, according to several media reports. Sixteen migrant workers were killed after being run over by a goods train in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district on Friday, according to several media reports. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to express his anguish over the incident: …

Maharashtra: 16 migrant workers mowed down by goods train in Aurangabad, 5 injured
4 years, 8 months ago

Maharashtra: 16 migrant workers mowed down by goods train in Aurangabad, 5 injured

India TV News  

At least 16 migrant workers were killed after coming under a goods train in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district on Friday morning. "The injured have been shifted to Aurangabad civil hospital," Chief Public Relations Officer of South Central Railway told ANI. "During early hours today after seeing some labourers on track, loco pilot of goods train tried to stop the train but …

The migrant dilemma: Life vs livelihood vs economy
4 years, 8 months ago

The migrant dilemma: Life vs livelihood vs economy

India Today  

When migrants poured in thousands at bus depots and outside railway stations in Delhi and Mumbai in March and April or took to highways leading to their home state, they feared for their lives. Flight of migrant workers from developed states to their poorer cousins would mean the conveyor belt of economy does not have enough fuel to run. Being …

'Who Will Pay Their Travel & Medical Cost?' Bombay HC Asks State To Clarify Regarding Stranded Migrant Workers
4 years, 8 months ago

'Who Will Pay Their Travel & Medical Cost?' Bombay HC Asks State To Clarify Regarding Stranded Migrant Workers

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court directed the state government to clarify who will be paying for the cost of travel and medical screening of migrant workers stranded in the state due to the ongoing lockdown as a consequence of the pandemic of Covid-19. Justice SC Gupte was hearing via video conferencing PILs filed by two NGOs namely Sarva Hara Jan Andolan …

Migrant workers | Row over sharing of train fares
4 years, 8 months ago

Migrant workers | Row over sharing of train fares

The Hindu  

The Railways on Wednesday said 122 Shramik Special trains had been run since May 1. On Tuesday, Union Home Ministry spokesperson Punya Salila Srivastava said these special trains had so far ferried nearly 70,000 migrants. Full coverage | Lockdown displaces lakhs of migrants Punjab clarifies Meanwhile, amid a controversy over migrants being asked to shell out the fares for their …

Fact Check: Is Centre Really Giving Free Rail Tickets to Migrants?
4 years, 8 months ago

Fact Check: Is Centre Really Giving Free Rail Tickets to Migrants?

The Quint  

BJP leaders have been drumming on the fact that the central government is already paying a huge percentage of the cost involved in transporting the migrant workers back to their homes by trains. Under normal circumstances, let’s say the total cost of running a train from Place A to Place B one way is Rs 1,000 and there are 10 …

Over Rs 50 crore spent to ferry nearly 70,000 migrants in last 5 days, say railway officials
4 years, 8 months ago

Over Rs 50 crore spent to ferry nearly 70,000 migrants in last 5 days, say railway officials

India TV News  

Nearly 70,000 stranded migrants have been ferried to various parts of the country in 'Shramik Special' trains since May 1 at the estimated expense of over Rs 50 crore, railway officials said on Tuesday even as the issue of their travel cost remained a matter of political bickering with the Congress and BSP leaders attacking the railways for charging money …

Opinion | Why play politics in the name of poor migrant workers
4 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Why play politics in the name of poor migrant workers

India TV News  

Thousands of migrant workers gathered in Surat, Pune, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru and other cities on Monday demanding that they be sent back to their home states in special trains. In the last four days, the Railways have run 50 special trains transporting more than 50,000 migrant workers to their home states. On Monday morning, Congress president Sonia Gandhi issued a …

Bihar govt will bear all travel expenditure of migrants, students: Nitish Kumar
4 years, 8 months ago

Bihar govt will bear all travel expenditure of migrants, students: Nitish Kumar

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday announced that the state government will bear the travel costs of migrants and students who are willing to return home. Students will not be asked to pay for their tickets as the state government has decided to bear all their travel costs”, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said. The opposition parties in Bihar, …

Railways has subsidised 85% fare of special trains for migrant workers, states to pay remaining 15%, claims BJP
4 years, 8 months ago

Railways has subsidised 85% fare of special trains for migrant workers, states to pay remaining 15%, claims BJP

Firstpost  

The state government concerned can also pay for the tickets, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said. New Delhi: The BJP said on Monday the railways has subsidised 85 percent of ticket fare for special trains being run to transport migrant workers and the state government has to pay the remaining 15 percent, soon after the Congress attacked the central government over …

Coronavirus Lockdown: Congress paying for stranded migrants' return train fare is humanitarianism wrapped in deft politics
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Lockdown: Congress paying for stranded migrants' return train fare is humanitarianism wrapped in deft politics

Firstpost  

The Centre’s decision to charge fares from migrants, which include a surcharge of Rs 50 — one a ‘superfast’ levy of Rs 30 and the additional charge of Rs 20 — has attracted, not surprisingly, condemnation across the board. The Congress on Monday ‘has taken a decision that every Pradesh Congress Committee [PCC> will bear the cost of the rail …

Bihar govt will bear train fares of students, migrant workers: Nitish
4 years, 8 months ago

Bihar govt will bear train fares of students, migrant workers: Nitish

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday made it clear that no fare will be charged from students returning to the state by special trains while migrant workers will be reimbursed the expenses incurred, besides getting additional assistance, after they complete the mandatory 21-day quarantine. In a video message, Kumar said these measures were already in place but blamed …

Shramik Specials: railways say ‘sending States’ will have to pay ticket costs
4 years, 8 months ago

Shramik Specials: railways say ‘sending States’ will have to pay ticket costs

The Hindu  

The railways on Monday said the “sending States” should pay them for transporting migrant workers on Shramik Specials and it was up to them to decide how to fund this cost. Sending State may decide to bear this cost or take it from passengers or take it from the receiving State after mutual consultation or may charge it to any …

Congress will pay for rail travel of migrant workers, says Sonia Gandhi
4 years, 8 months ago

Congress will pay for rail travel of migrant workers, says Sonia Gandhi

The Hindu  

The State units of the Congress or the Pradesh Congress Committees will bear the cost of rail travel of every needy worker and migrant labour, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said in a statement on Monday. “The Indian National Congress has, therefore, taken a decision that every Pradesh Congress Committee shall bear the cost for the rail travel of every needy …

Congress will pay: Sonia Gandhi attacks Centre over migrants' train fare
4 years, 8 months ago

Congress will pay: Sonia Gandhi attacks Centre over migrants' train fare

India Today  

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has launched a scathing attack on the Centre for charging migrant labourers returning home for their train travel in the wake of the novel coronavirus lockdown and said that the Congress will bear the cost of their travel. Sonia Gandhi said, "The Indian National Congress has, therefore, taken a decision that every Pradesh Congress Committee shall …

CM asks Centre not to charge migrants railway fare
4 years, 8 months ago

CM asks Centre not to charge migrants railway fare

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday requested the Central government not to charge migrant labourers returning home railway fares. Maharashtra has been sending migrant labourers home on special trains running from Nashik and Bhiwandi in the last few days. As per the government numbers, around five lakh labourers were sheltered in the State for the last 40 days and will …

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