May 13, 2020 9:12 PM

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Special flight carrying 149 stranded passengers from Kuwait arrives at Mumbai airport

<span style="color: #222222;">Under the Vande Bharat mission, a special flight from Kuwait arrived at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Wednesday evening, carrying 149 stranded passengers. <br />''<br />''Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said, his government has provided 54.75 crore rupees to pay for the travel of migrant workers to their respective states by special trains. Meanwhile, a shramik special train carrying 1400 passengers left for Uttar Pradesh from Kolhapur, this afternoon.  <br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports the amount for the travel of migrant workers has been sanctioned from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund and has been transferred to district collectors for booking tickets for migrant workers ferried by special trains. Of the 54.75 crore rupees sanctioned from the CM's Relief Fund, 12.96 crore rupees are earmarked for Mumbai city and 10 crore rupees for Mumbai suburbs.<br />''<br />'' State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has informed that in order to maintain peace, law and order and to help the state police who are working in extremely challenging conditions for long hours, besides Ramzan Eid being just round the corner, the state has asked for 20 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces from the Centre. Meanwhile, the state government has decided to home delivery liquor in state from May 15, as social distancing norms were not being followed by people queuing up outside liquor shops.</span><br />

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