Majority of these left for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar1.35L ferried in 105 Shramik trains

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 25

The Ambala division of the Northern Railway ran more than 100 Shramik special trains since May 6 ferrying over 1.35 lakh passengers so far. Nearly 50 per cent trains originated from Punjab, while 20 per cent from Chandigarh.

A majority of these trains left for Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar comprising 95 per cent of the total Shramik special trains. Out of 105 trains, 50 left for UP and 49 for Bihar. The rest were destined to Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, Durgapur in West Bengal, New Jalpaigudi in Assam, Jirbam in Manipur and Daltonganj and Dhanbad in Jharkhand.

Though a meal is provided by state governments to passengers at the originating station, IRCTC and the Railways also mobilised resources to ensure regular supply of meals and water to the passengers travelling for more than 12-hour train journey.

The Ambala division, in association with the IRCTC, Chandigarh, has served 1,17,546 meals in 94 trains until now.

11 more trains from today

DRM Gurinder Mohan Singh said from Tuesday, the division would be running 11 more Shramik special trains, bringing the tally to 116.

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