Thanks To Captain Government 36th 'Shramik Express' Train With 1200 Passengers Move To Faizabad

State Government Spends Rs 5.76 Lakh On This Noble Initiative Aimed At Facilitating Migrants

5 Dariya News

Jalandhar 15-May-2020

Captain government's unique initiative to ensure free travel to migrants stranded in the city continued to provide succour to the labourers as 1200 more migrants today moved  from the city to Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh through the 36th 'Shramik Express' train.The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had spent Rs 5.76 lakh  on this to ensure free, smooth and hassle free travel to the migrants stranded in the city. The Additional Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Ms. Babita Kler and Deputy  Commissioner of Police Mr. Balkar Singh were supervising the entire arrangements for the smooth journey of the migrants to their respective states.The Punjab government was  bearing the entire expenses of the train along with providing refreshment for the migrants who were moving to their native state in the trains.Pertinently, the Captain Amarinder  Singh led Punjab Government has sanctioned Rs 35 crore, in the first phase, towards its share of the migrants’ cost of transportation by the Indian Railways. The Jalandhar  administration has received the amount from the state government which was being paid to the Railways directly for providing tickets to the registered passengers thereby  enabling them to go to their native states free of cost. Likewise, a team of the Health department was screening every migrant who was coming to the station for boarding the  train.The district administration had made adequate arrangements for maintaining social distancing amongst the passengers before boarding the train. Adequate number of  officers from Police and Civil administration have been deployed at the transit point and the Railway station to ensure that migrants do not face any sort of problem.