Workers returned to Jharkhand by special train told, fare charged up to Rs 875

Jharkhand. Workers special train is being run by the Railways to return home to migrant laborers trapped in other states during the lockdown implemented in the country due to Corona virus infection. There is a lot of uproar these days regarding the recovery of train fare from the workers returning home from the special train.

Meanwhile, the workers who returned from the special train reached Jasidih station after taking a batch of 1129 laborers from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, said that the fare should be recovered. Most of these laborers are residents of Santalpargana. Apart from this, Sahebganj, Pakur, Godda, Giridih, Garhwa, Latehar, Ramgarh, Dhanbad and Gumla are residents of the district. Rail fare was taken from all these laborers.

These workers and workers returned home, saying that each worker was charged a fare of 875 rupees, many faced a lot of difficulty in collecting the ticket amount, although in this they had to eat food packets during the journey. Was also made available. After reaching the station, all the workers were sent to the district concerned with the bus.

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Similarly, 1200 workers from Surat who came to Jharkhand also gave train tickets. These workers trapped in the lockdown did not have a place to eat and eat in Surat, so how could they travel by train to their villages. Many people had asked for money from their village, while some had borrowed money from their owner. 700-700 rupees were taken from these laborers for the journey.

At the same time, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has raised a big question on the railway. He has said that the Railways has contributed Rs 150 crore to the PM Relief Fund. Somewhere the money was not given to the laborers. If this is the case then it is a matter of surprise. CM Hemant Soren had said this on the reports of laborers taking rail fare.