Coronavirus has created havoc in the entire world. India is now the tenth affected nation in the world from a coronavirus pandemic. Due to lockdown, many migrant workers and students stuck in several parts of the country. Many migrant workers are going back walking towards their hometown miles away. The government has made an arrangement of special Shramik trains for migrant workers. Maharashtra is the most affected state of India with the numbers climbing more than 50000. On Sunday, Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray address to the state and said that he had demanded 80 migrant special trains per day for the state to ferry migrants home, it was getting only 40. Uddhav Thackeray accused Indian Railways of not providing enough trains to Maharashtra despite demand.
Piyush Goyal, the minister of Railways issued a counter statement and dismissed the claims. He blamed the state government for canceling several Shramik trains citing lack of adequate safety measures.
Uddhav Thackeray mentioned in the video conference that he had put in a request for 80 Shramik trains but the center has only allowed 30 to 40 trains. He claimed that he had prepared a list of migrants workers in his state who want to go back to their respective native states.
Piyush Goyal tweeted on Sunday that his ministry would work overnight if it received a list of trains, passengers and destinations from the Maharashtra Chief Minister within one hour. He continued to tweet till 2.11 AM. Below is a series of tweets.
सभी निर्धारित जानकारी जैसे, कहाँ से ट्रेन चलेगी, यात्रियों की ट्रेनों के हिसाब से सूची, उनका मेडिकल सर्टिफ़िकेट और कहाँ ट्रेन जानी है, यह सब सूचना अगले एक घंटे में मध्य रेलवे के महाप्रबंधक को पहुँचाने की कृपा करे, जिससे हम ट्रेनों की योजना समय पर कर सके।
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) May 24, 2020
TV के माध्यम से पता चला की महाराष्ट्र सरकार ने 200 ट्रेनों की लिस्ट भारतीय रेल को देने का दावा किया है। पर कल चलने वाली एक भी ट्रेन के यात्रियों की लिस्ट GM मध्य रेल के पास फ़ॉलो अप के बाद भी नही आयी है। कृपया लिस्टें जल्दी देने की कृपा करे।
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) May 24, 2020
मैं आशा करता हूँ की महाराष्ट्र सरकार हमारे इन श्रमिकों के लाभ के लिए किए गए प्रयास में पूरा सहयोग करेगी।
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) May 24, 2020
He added,
Sadly, it has been 1.5 hours but Maharashtra Govt. has been unable to give required information about tomorrow’s planned 125 trains to GM of Central Railway. Planning takes time & we do not want train to stand empty at the stations, so it’s impossible to plan without full details
I hope that the Government of Maharashtra will fully cooperate in the efforts made for the benefit of migrant labourers.
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) May 24, 2020
रात के 12 बज चुके है और 5 घंटे बाद भी हमारे पास महाराष्ट्र सरकार से कल की 125 ट्रेनों की डिटेल्स और पैसेंजर लिस्टें नही आयी है। मैंने अधिकारियों को आदेश दिया है फिर भी प्रतीक्षा करे और तैयारियाँ जारी रखे।
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) May 24, 2020
Where is the list for 125 trains from Maharashtra? As of 2am, received list of only 46 trains of which 5 are to West Bengal and Odisha which cannot operate due to cyclone Amphan.
We are notifying only 41 trains for today despite being prepared for 125 !!!
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) May 24, 2020
Our migrant laborers are suffering badly from this coronavirus and lockdown. We Entertales, urge from our people that wherever you see any migrant laborers walking back to their home, kindly provide them food and water. We wish the world overcome from this issue as earliest.
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