Gujarat is the first state to complete the migration of workers to their home state through Shramik Special trains

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May 31, 2020

8:49PM

Gujarat is the first state to complete the migration of workers to their home state through Shramik Special trains

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According to sources, it is the only state which had run more than 1,000 shramik special trains for sending 15 lakh 18 thousand migrant workers to their home state.

According to Additional Chief Secretary of State Labor and Employment department Vipul Mitra, this was the biggest planned migration by any state in Independent India. From more than 40 trains earlier this week, the last 7 Shramik Special Trains departed from different stations of Gujarat today.

Maximum 8 lakh 20 thousand workers migrated to Uttar Pradesh followed by 3 lakh 50 thousand workers to Bihar and 1 lakh 31 thousand workers to Odisha.

Shramik Special Trains also operated for other 16 States from Gujarat.