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Over 2 lakh labourers return to Madhya Pradesh so far

<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, the process of bringing back the labourers of the state stranded in other states is continuing. So far, about 2 lakh 15 thousand labourers have returned to the state.<br />''<br />''"Additional Chief Secretary and State Control Room In-charge ICP Keshari has informed that one lakh 5 thousand labourers have been brought back from Gujarat, 45 thousand from Rajasthan and 40 thousand from Maharashtra. Along with this, labourers have also been brought back from Goa, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has also appealed the labourers not to walk on foot as the government is providing all possible help to them.<br />''<br />''According to official information, the MP government had earlier requested for 56 Shramik Special trains to bring back the labourers. Now the state government has demanded 15 more trains from the Ministry of Railways. Thus, arrangements have been made to bring back the labourers through a total of 71 trains.</span><br />

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