Fears of a coronavirus infection have come to be overshadowed by feeding the family. This is seen by looking at the occupancy rate of special trains. Now, if you look at booking special trains going from labour-intensive states to industrial states, some days 145 per cent, some days 137 per cent, some days 128 per cent and some days 136 per cent occupancy. The figure is from 27 to 30 June 2020.
Overbooking is being done on trains going to industrialized states like Punjab and Gujarat
A railway official said that the figures of June 26 in trains like Kolkata Amritsar Special going from Kolkata to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to Amritsar, Darbhanga Ahmedabad Special going from Darbhanga to Ahmedabad, Jaynagar to Amritsar Special in Bihar etc. See the figure of 27 June or see the figure of 30 June, more than 125% of bookings are made every day. Similar is the condition of Danapur Secunderabad Special from Danapur to Secunderabad in Bihar and Special Trains from Gorakhpur to Mumbai.
A railway official says that most of the passengers travelling in these trains are migrant labourers. When he is asked why he is leaving the village and going to the city again, everyone has the same answer that the villages have gone to eat. There are fears for the corona in the city, but the stomach fire will be extinguished. So they are willing to take the risk and return.
The sowing of the paddy starts as soon as the monsoon knocks. Right now paddies are being sown in Punjab and Haryana, whereas labourers are not getting it for this. There were also reports that people from Punjab are going to Bihar with special passes and bringing labourers with luxury buses. The same situation is with the industry as almost all the industrial units in Unlock-1 have started functioning in a phased manner. There is also a shortage of workers there. People from the HR department of the factory are calling the workers who have gone to the village and asking them to come back.
Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav had told reporters through a video conference yesterday that if the same trend of increasing the occupancy rate in special trains continues, he would think about running more special trains. However, he clarified that regular trains will not run at the moment.
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