Nagpur: The Central Railway (CR) has transported over 20,000 migrants to their native places from the Nagpur station with the help of 22 Shramik Special trains. In an affidavit filed in Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Friday, CR’s senior divisional commercial manager Krishnath Patil informed that all these migrants were transferred between May 3 and June 13.
The affidavit was filed in response to the court’s poser while hearing a suo motu PIL based on plight of migrants walking hundreds of kilometres to their hometowns in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, and others. Deven Chouhan was appointed as amicus curiae in the PIL.
A division bench comprising justices Sunil Shukre and Anil Kilor then adjourned the hearing, stating that the Supreme Court had already taken suo motu cognisance of migrants’ sufferings and issued a series of directives to the states.
Patil informed that out of 22 Shramik Specials, 14 originated from the city while eight others passed through the city. “Till June 16, about 720 Shramik Special trains have passed through CR’s Nagpur Division stations. Of them, 350 halted in the city, from which about 4.09 lakh passengers were moved to their respective places and another 2.72 lakh from Ballarshah station, from where 194 trains passed,” he said.
The senior manager informed that CR with the help of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and NGOs has provided breakfast, meals and drinking water to the migrants in all trains.
“The CR is permitting district administration to allow stranded labourers to travel on route and permitting them to board and deboard trains as per the railway board’s policy,” he said.
Patil further mentioned that they had arranged a desk officer at the railway station to guide migrants on train schedules. “Railways administration is fully geared to run the Shramik Special trains as and when demand comes from the district administration. As of today, there is no pending request,” he said.
TRAIN TO HOME
20,840 | Total migrants departed from Nagpur (May 3 to June 13)
14 | Trains originating from city
6 | From other places (Akola, Wardha)
350 | Total trains that passed through city
4,96,099 | Passengers transported
194 | Total trains passed via Ballarshah
2,72,988 | Passengers transported
The affidavit was filed in response to the court’s poser while hearing a suo motu PIL based on plight of migrants walking hundreds of kilometres to their hometowns in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, and others. Deven Chouhan was appointed as amicus curiae in the PIL.
A division bench comprising justices Sunil Shukre and Anil Kilor then adjourned the hearing, stating that the Supreme Court had already taken suo motu cognisance of migrants’ sufferings and issued a series of directives to the states.
Patil informed that out of 22 Shramik Specials, 14 originated from the city while eight others passed through the city. “Till June 16, about 720 Shramik Special trains have passed through CR’s Nagpur Division stations. Of them, 350 halted in the city, from which about 4.09 lakh passengers were moved to their respective places and another 2.72 lakh from Ballarshah station, from where 194 trains passed,” he said.
The senior manager informed that CR with the help of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and NGOs has provided breakfast, meals and drinking water to the migrants in all trains.
“The CR is permitting district administration to allow stranded labourers to travel on route and permitting them to board and deboard trains as per the railway board’s policy,” he said.
Patil further mentioned that they had arranged a desk officer at the railway station to guide migrants on train schedules. “Railways administration is fully geared to run the Shramik Special trains as and when demand comes from the district administration. As of today, there is no pending request,” he said.
TRAIN TO HOME
20,840 | Total migrants departed from Nagpur (May 3 to June 13)
14 | Trains originating from city
6 | From other places (Akola, Wardha)
350 | Total trains that passed through city
4,96,099 | Passengers transported
194 | Total trains passed via Ballarshah
2,72,988 | Passengers transported
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