Lockdown impact: UP approves 66 special trains to ferry stranded labourers

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The Uttar Pradesh government has so far approved nearly 66 ‘Shramik Special’ trains in order to bring back labourers stranded across the country due to the lockdown.

While, 19 trains have arrived in UP over the past few days, 9 trains are currently en route to the different cities in the state, and 38 more trains have also been given the nod.

“So far, the trains have mainly originated from Gujarat and Maharashtra, while the new trains are coming from other states as well, including Punjab, Karnataka and Kerala etc,” UP additional chief secretary Awanish Kumar Awasthi told the media