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Work Generated For Lakhs Of Migrants Under Government Scheme: Railways
The Railways has generated more than 8 lakh man-days of work in six states, including Bihar and Rajasthan, under a rural public works scheme launched in June this year to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers, the ministry said on Tuesday.
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Migrant Dies On Train In UP, Co-Passengers Travel With Body To Bengal
A 50-year-old migrant worker died on-board a Shramik Special train from Rajasthan to West Bengal, triggering panic among other passengers who travelled with the body for more than eight hours, police said on Sunday.
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Over 1.38 Lakh Migrants Returned Home On Shramik Trains From Rajasthan: Railways
Over 1.38 lakh migrant workers stranded in Rajasthan have been sent to their home states in 98 Shramik Special trains till Sunday, the North Western Railway said on Monday.
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BJP, BSP Slam Rajasthan Congress's "Insensitivity" In Handling Students, Migrants
Political parties in Uttar Pradesh today accused the Congress and its government in Rajasthan of double standards over buses for migrant workers as the UP government cleared a Rs 36 lakh bill sent by Rajasthan for sending back UP students stranded in Kota.
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"Sad": Rajasthan Minister Says UP Didn't Allow Buses For Migrants
A Rajasthan minister on Sunday claimed that hisstate government had kept 500 private buses ready to ferry migrant workers to Uttar Pradesh but they were not allowed to enter by the Yogi Adityanath government.
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Coronavirus Lockdown - "Windows Of Hope": Piyush Goyal Tweets Photo Of Migrants On Special Train
"Windows of hope," read the caption of a picture tweeted today by Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal. The picture had several migrant workers, bound for Jodhpur in Rajasthan, waving their hands from the windows of a "shramik (worker)" special train, chugging off from Hubbali railway station in Karnataka.
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For Migrants On Main Highway To UP, Rajasthan Provides A Lift
The temperature in Rajasthan worked its way up to 37 degrees celsius today, infiltrating the already arduous journey of migrant workers in the state who are walking home to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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Truckers Charging Rs 100 For 10 km, Say UP Workers Trying To Get Home
Hundreds of migrant workers trying to walk home to Uttar Pradesh from places like Delhi, Gurgaon and Rajasthan were stopped by the police in west UP's Firozabad earlier this morning , leading to chaos and confusion.
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Nearly 1,200 Migrants Arrive In West Bengal From Rajasthan Via Special Train
As many as 1,188 migrant workers reached Dankuni Railway Station in West Bengal from Rajasthan today.
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Bengal Migrants' Train Amid Letters, Tweets Between Governor, Governments
Bengal government announced Sunday evening that 1,200 migrants who had been stranded in Rajasthan amid the coronavirus lockdown, would be returning on Tuesday via a special "shramik (worker)" train run by the Indian Railways
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Special Trains For Migrants, Students, 5 More From Kerala Today: 10 Points
Six "shramik (worker) special" trains, carrying migrants, students and others stranded by the coronavirus lockdown, departed from Kerala, Telangana, Maharashtra and Rajasthan on Friday. The trains, bound for Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were organised on request from the respective states, Railways said in a st...
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States Ask For Trains As Migrant Movement Begins: 10 Points
A number of states are making preparations for sending and receiving migrant workers a day after the Union home ministry gave a clearance for the movement of stranded labourers, students and tourists. Rajasthan was the first off the block, ferrying out around 40,000 migrant workers by bus since morning. Many states, especially those from the south,...
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On Bringing Migrant Workers Home, Nitish Kumar's Not-So-Quick Second Act
Till last night, Nitish Kumar was so firmly against bringing back those from his state who are stranded elsewhere in the country that he described the proposition as "an injustice to the principle of (the) lockdown." His comment, made last week, served as self-defence - he was alone among major states in doing little to bring students and migrant w...
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"Saying Since Day 1": Ashok Gehlot On Pan-India Plan For Migrant Movement
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today called on the centre to devise a comprehensive and unified plan for the "smooth movement of migrant workers stranded across the country". In a series of five tweets, Mr Gehlot asked the centre to come up with a "planned strategy with a unified command structure... to facilitate movement of students and mi...
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UP To Bring Back Migrant Workers From Other States In Phases: Top 10
The Uttar Pradesh government will bring back migrant workers stranded in other states amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today. They will be brought back in phases after having completed a 14-day quarantine at the places in which they had been staying, the Chief Minister added. The UP government's decision...
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Work Generated For Lakhs Of Migrants Under Government Scheme: Railways
The Railways has generated more than 8 lakh man-days of work in six states, including Bihar and Rajasthan, under a rural public works scheme launched in June this year to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers, the ministry said on Tuesday.
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Migrant Dies On Train In UP, Co-Passengers Travel With Body To Bengal
A 50-year-old migrant worker died on-board a Shramik Special train from Rajasthan to West Bengal, triggering panic among other passengers who travelled with the body for more than eight hours, police said on Sunday.
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Over 1.38 Lakh Migrants Returned Home On Shramik Trains From Rajasthan: Railways
Over 1.38 lakh migrant workers stranded in Rajasthan have been sent to their home states in 98 Shramik Special trains till Sunday, the North Western Railway said on Monday.
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BJP, BSP Slam Rajasthan Congress's "Insensitivity" In Handling Students, Migrants
Political parties in Uttar Pradesh today accused the Congress and its government in Rajasthan of double standards over buses for migrant workers as the UP government cleared a Rs 36 lakh bill sent by Rajasthan for sending back UP students stranded in Kota.
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"Sad": Rajasthan Minister Says UP Didn't Allow Buses For Migrants
A Rajasthan minister on Sunday claimed that hisstate government had kept 500 private buses ready to ferry migrant workers to Uttar Pradesh but they were not allowed to enter by the Yogi Adityanath government.
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Coronavirus Lockdown - "Windows Of Hope": Piyush Goyal Tweets Photo Of Migrants On Special Train
"Windows of hope," read the caption of a picture tweeted today by Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal. The picture had several migrant workers, bound for Jodhpur in Rajasthan, waving their hands from the windows of a "shramik (worker)" special train, chugging off from Hubbali railway station in Karnataka.
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For Migrants On Main Highway To UP, Rajasthan Provides A Lift
The temperature in Rajasthan worked its way up to 37 degrees celsius today, infiltrating the already arduous journey of migrant workers in the state who are walking home to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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Truckers Charging Rs 100 For 10 km, Say UP Workers Trying To Get Home
Hundreds of migrant workers trying to walk home to Uttar Pradesh from places like Delhi, Gurgaon and Rajasthan were stopped by the police in west UP's Firozabad earlier this morning , leading to chaos and confusion.
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Nearly 1,200 Migrants Arrive In West Bengal From Rajasthan Via Special Train
As many as 1,188 migrant workers reached Dankuni Railway Station in West Bengal from Rajasthan today.
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Bengal Migrants' Train Amid Letters, Tweets Between Governor, Governments
Bengal government announced Sunday evening that 1,200 migrants who had been stranded in Rajasthan amid the coronavirus lockdown, would be returning on Tuesday via a special "shramik (worker)" train run by the Indian Railways
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Special Trains For Migrants, Students, 5 More From Kerala Today: 10 Points
Six "shramik (worker) special" trains, carrying migrants, students and others stranded by the coronavirus lockdown, departed from Kerala, Telangana, Maharashtra and Rajasthan on Friday. The trains, bound for Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were organised on request from the respective states, Railways said in a st...
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States Ask For Trains As Migrant Movement Begins: 10 Points
A number of states are making preparations for sending and receiving migrant workers a day after the Union home ministry gave a clearance for the movement of stranded labourers, students and tourists. Rajasthan was the first off the block, ferrying out around 40,000 migrant workers by bus since morning. Many states, especially those from the south,...
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On Bringing Migrant Workers Home, Nitish Kumar's Not-So-Quick Second Act
Till last night, Nitish Kumar was so firmly against bringing back those from his state who are stranded elsewhere in the country that he described the proposition as "an injustice to the principle of (the) lockdown." His comment, made last week, served as self-defence - he was alone among major states in doing little to bring students and migrant w...
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"Saying Since Day 1": Ashok Gehlot On Pan-India Plan For Migrant Movement
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today called on the centre to devise a comprehensive and unified plan for the "smooth movement of migrant workers stranded across the country". In a series of five tweets, Mr Gehlot asked the centre to come up with a "planned strategy with a unified command structure... to facilitate movement of students and mi...
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UP To Bring Back Migrant Workers From Other States In Phases: Top 10
The Uttar Pradesh government will bring back migrant workers stranded in other states amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today. They will be brought back in phases after having completed a 14-day quarantine at the places in which they had been staying, the Chief Minister added. The UP government's decision...
