Union Railways and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday that Indian Railways has so far operated 1 thousand and 34 laborers special trains to carry stranded migrant workers across the country. Goyal tweeted on the social media platform, "So far, the Railways have run a total of 1,034 Labor special trains to bring back the workers and of these, 106 were operated yesterday (Friday alone)."
He further said, "Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have taken positive steps and 80 percent of the total labor Special trains operated in both these states." Significantly, the Indian Railways started running labor special trains from May 1 to transport migrant workers, students, pilgrims and tourists stranded in other states due to the lockdown implemented in the wake of prevention of coronavirus epidemic.
It should be noted that Railways have so far transported over 12 lakh people across the country to their destinations through these Labor Special trains.
