{"id":323445,"date":"2020-05-23T12:08:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T12:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=323445"},"modified":"2020-05-23T12:08:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T12:08:09","slug":"indian-railways-to-operationalise-2600-more-shramik-special-trains-in-next-10-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/indian-railways-to-operationalise-2600-more-shramik-special-trains-in-next-10-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Railways to operationalise 2600 More Shramik Special Trains in next 10 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_314769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314769\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-314769\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/train-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/08\/train-1.jpg 479w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/08\/train-1-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/08\/train-1-470x420.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Representational Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">While the country is battling with the pandemic COVID-19, Indian Railways is leaving no stone unturned to bring respite to the severely affected during this crucial time. In a constant endeavour to provide relief to migrants to reach home State,In a major decision, Ministry of Railways has decided to operationalise\u00a0\u00a02600 more Shramik Special Trains in next ten days across the country as per the needs of State Governments.This initiative is expected to benefit 36 lakh stranded passengers across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Indian Railways started running \u201cShramik Special\u201d trains from 01 May 2020,\u00a0\u00a0to move migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places due to lock down. These special trains are being run from point to point on the request of both the concerned State Governments as per the standard protocols for sending and receiving such stranded persons. The Railways and State Governments have appointed senior officials as Nodal Officers for coordination and smooth operation of these \u201cShramik Specials\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Indian Railways has run 2600 Shramik Special Trains\u00a0\u00a0in last 23 days<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Around 36 lakhs stranded migrants have been transported till now to their home States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Apart from Shramik Special Trains, Ministry of Railways has started 15 pairs of Special Trains wef. 12.05.2020 and announced 200 train services to be started from wef 01st June, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the country is battling with the pandemic COVID-19, Indian Railways is leaving no stone unturned to bring respite to the severely affected during this crucial time. In a constant endeavour to provide relief to migrants to reach home State,In a major decision, Ministry of Railways has decided to operationalise\u00a0\u00a02600 more Shramik Special Trains in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":314769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323446,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323445\/revisions\/323446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/314769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}