<span style="color: #222222;">The first lot of 1200 stranded and migrant labourers who reached Hatia Railway station from Telangana Friday late night have safely reached to their respective home districts.<br />'' <br />'' All migrant workers have been medically screened, inked with non-washable home-quarantined stamp on their hands.<br />'' <br />'' After a warm welcome at their home towns, most of them have been medically examined, thermal screens and provided with necessary food supply and ration stock for coming two weeks of extended Lockdown till May 17 by the respective district administrations.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, another train from Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station will depart tonight for Hatia Station in Ranchi to bring back another set of 1200 migrant labourers under the Special Shramik Trains run by Ministry of Railways.<br />'' <br />'' Preparations for sending labourers to Jharkhand from Kerala is being carried out by Kerala state police officials.<br />'' <br />'' Whereas, Ranchi district administration is continuously taking stock of preparedness for receiving the first batch of students who have departed by special train from Kota in Rajasthan on Friday evening.<br />'' <br />'' Information about students present in train coaches has been disseminated to guardians for obtaining necessary passes to bring back their wards.<br />'' <br />'' One such train carrying 942 children will reach Ranchi today from Kota while the other train shall depart tomorrow for its destination at Dhanbad district.<br />'' <br />'' Jharkhand state government earlier in its meeting had decided to bring back every individual stranded outside the State.<br />'' <br />'' As part of action plan to transport labourers in a phased manner, buses are being sent to neighbouring states of Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh to bring almost 34,000 workers stranded in these States back to Jharkhand.<br />'' <br />''<br />''While special trains would remain the medium to bring back stranded labourers from far-off distant states.</span><br />
News On AIR | May 2, 2020 2:45 PM
First lot of Jharkhand's 1200 stranded migrant labourers reach their home districts