Lakhs of migrant labourers have been transported back to their home states in special Shramik Trains that have been started by the Government of India.
The Indian Railways today called out the Dainik Bhaskar report which claimed that Shramik Express trains run by the Railways were were delayed by a week because of which as many as seven people lost their lives.
Goyal stated that train journeys have to be planned and the ministry does not want that after all the preparations and planning, the trains only idle on respective stations and are eventually cancelled as it had happened before.
These trains will be fully reserved trains having both AC & Non AC classes. The general coaches will also be reserved seats for sitting. Most importantly, there will be no unreserved coach on the train.