Rlys gives 4,800 meals aboard 4 Shramik trains

Nagpur: The Indian Railways, which is keeping shifting of migrants in Shramik Special trains a low-key affair, is also ensuring that none of the passengers go hungry.
On Friday, four end-to-end trains passed through Nagpur division with each train carrying at least 1,200 migrants. IRCTC, the arm of Indian Railways, supplied 4,800 meal packets to these migrants.
Three of the four trains that passed through Nagpur included Lingampalli near Hyderabad to Varanasi in UP, Ghatkesar in Telangana to Vidisha in MP, and Lingampalli to Gonda in UP.
“While 3,600 meal packets were supplied at Nagpur station, another 1,200 were distributed at Ballarshah station. Both, Nagpur and Ballarshah have base kitchens which have been handed over to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) as per policy decision,” officials said.
In the meanwhile, the inflow of migrants from Andhra Pradesh to tribal districts of Gadchiroli and Chandrapur continued with 686 more migrants from Rayanapadu in Andhra Pradesh arriving at Nagbhid station on Friday morning by a special train.
The South East Central Railway (SECR), Nagpur division, strictly adhered to social distancing and did thermal scanning of the passengers before allowing them to leave. Earlier on May 6, train from Rayanapadu carried 1,004 labourers to Wadsa. These labourers were from Bhandara, Gadchiroli, Gondia and other small towns.
The Nagpur division of Central Railway has also clarified that it did not refund Rs12.28 lakh as reported by TOI in a news report on May 7, when two trains left for Barauni and Muzaffarpur on May 6 from Wardha and Nagpur, respectively. “The fare is paid by the district administration after which tickets are issued,” said railway officials.