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Shramik Trains

  • Migrant crisis: No complaints of ‘inhuman conditions’ on Shramik trains, Centre tells Parliament

    Migrant crisis: No complaints of ‘inhuman conditions’ on Shramik trains, Centre tells Parliament

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 24, 2020 · 11:59 am
  • ‘Apna time aayega’: Migrants in Chennai still waiting to go home 100 days after lockdown began

    ‘Apna time aayega’: Migrants in Chennai still waiting to go home 100 days after lockdown began

    Sowmiya Ashok
    · Jul 11, 2020 · 09:02 am
  • Coronavirus: Railways says it carried 60 lakh migrants on special trains, average fare Rs 600

    Coronavirus: Railways says it carried 60 lakh migrants on special trains, average fare Rs 600

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 16, 2020 · 08:00 am
  • Far from subsidising Shramik trains, Modi government is actually charging extra for them

    Far from subsidising Shramik trains, Modi government is actually charging extra for them

    Sudiep Shrivastava
    · Jun 12, 2020 · 06:30 am
  • Lockdown: SC proposes transportation of all stranded migrants in 15 days, reserves order for June 9

    Lockdown: SC proposes transportation of all stranded migrants in 15 days, reserves order for June 9

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 05, 2020 · 06:43 pm
  • After Centre reopened inter-state travel, coronavirus cases surge across rural India

    After Centre reopened inter-state travel, coronavirus cases surge across rural India

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · May 31, 2020 · 06:30 am
  • ‘No food, water for days’: Migrants on board special trains protest against delays

    ‘No food, water for days’: Migrants on board special trains protest against delays

    Scroll Staff
    · May 23, 2020 · 05:00 pm
  • As Shramik trains remain shrouded in secrecy, agents are cheating desperate migrant workers

    As Shramik trains remain shrouded in secrecy, agents are cheating desperate migrant workers

    Vijayta Lalwani
    · May 21, 2020 · 09:00 am
  • They walk 30 km. Wait four days for a train. No one’s told them they’re at the wrong station

    They walk 30 km. Wait four days for a train. No one’s told them they’re at the wrong station

    Supriya Sharma
    · May 16, 2020 · 06:30 am
  • Coronavirus: All regular trains cancelled till June 30, says Indian Railways

    Coronavirus: All regular trains cancelled till June 30, says Indian Railways

    Scroll Staff
    · May 14, 2020 · 12:07 pm
  • Fearing spread of infection, Bengal pays only lip service to idea of getting back its migrants

    Fearing spread of infection, Bengal pays only lip service to idea of getting back its migrants

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · May 08, 2020 · 09:00 am