With the concerted efforts of the district administration and railways, 38,787 migrant workers from Coimbatore district have been ferried to their respective home states through 28 Shramik trains, so far. Another train left for Bihar with 1600 migrant workers today.
Coimbatore: With the concerted efforts of the district administration and railways, 38,787 migrant workers from Coimbatore district have been ferried to their respective home states through 28 Shramik trains. The 28th train left for Bihar with 1600 migrant workers at 8PM on Sunday 24th, May 2020.
Earlier, the workers were assembled at a private wedding hall. They were provided with food and water and later transported to the railway station around 5.p.m.. Ahead of boarding, they were thermal scanned with the requisite social distancing norms being maintained.
It may be noted that, so far, 2813 Shramik trains have been operated across the nation, ferrying 37 lakh migrant workers to their respective states.
Coimbatore Railway Station Director P. Sathesh Saravanan, DRO Ramadurai Murugan, Tahsildar (South) S.Arulmurugan, Deputy Tahsildar (South) Selvam, Revenue Inspector (Coimbatore Town) P. Kathiresan, Revenue Inspector (Singanallur0 Rajendran, VAO Nagrajan, Deputy Tahsildar (North) Manivel, Head Surveyor Chandresakeran, and other government and police officials were present.