This story is from May 24, 2020

SCR ferried over 2 lakh migrant workers

SCR ferried over 2 lakh migrant workers
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HYDERABAD: Starting with the first Shramik Special Train being rolled out from the zone on May 1, the South Central Railway has run 196 Shramik special trains transporting over 2.40 lakh migrant workers to their destinations till date.
While, the Zone transported first one lakh passengers in 16 days, the next one lakh passengers were transported in just 7 days. Out of these, 128 services have been run from Telangana to transport 1.56 lakh passengers while 53 trains ran from Andhra Pradesh to carry over 66,000 passengers and 15 trains started from Maharashtra to carry around 20,000 passengers.
A comprehensive and well co-ordinated plan of action has been executed by the zone, enabling smooth completion of the task.
"Extensive arrangements were made at the railway stations from where the migrant special trains have been originating on the Zone," said SCR officials.
This apart, a sizable strength of railway workforce drawn from all departments were tasked to handle the entire operations, duly ensuring that the protocol for precautions against Covid-19 is adhered.
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