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UP govt use Disaster Relief Fund to pay for migrants' rail tickets

The state is arranging for trains to evacuate workers from Delhi, will make advance payment to facilitate speedy homecoming

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Migrants flout social distancing norms as they gather outside a registration camp to travel back to their native places, during the ongoing Covid-19 nationwide lockdown, in Jalandhar. Photo: PTI

Vrendra Singh Rawat Lucknow

3 min read Last Updated : May 14 2020 | 5:12 PM IST

Amid the large influx of stranded labourers by special trains, the Uttar Pradesh government today announced to pay for the rail tickets of migrants.

Chairing a review meeting here, chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to communicate to the Indian Railways and the other states that the UP government is ready to make advance payment to facilitate the speedy homecoming of migrant labourers.

“The state government will use the Disaster Relief Fund to pay for the train fare of migrant workers,” UP additional chief secretary Awanish Kumar Awasthi said here this evening.

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Topics : migrant workers Disaster management Railway ticket price Railways Uttar Pradesh government Yogi Adityanath government

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