UP to expedite homecoming of stranded labourers by trains amid lockdown

The government plans to run at least 6 trains daily each from the two industrialised states - Gujarat, Maharashtra

The Uttar Pradesh government wil in a fortnight bring home labourers stuck in other states because of the national lockdown to contain the coronavirus.

While five trains from Maharashtra and Gujarat carrying thousands of UP origin workers have already arrived, at least 7 trains are en route to UP from the two states. The government plans to run at least 6 trains daily each from the two industrialised states.

Besides, the UP government has written to all the states consenting to accept its labourers provided they had been medically screened and documented for.

Chairing a review meeting here, chief minister