After Congress President Sonia Gandhi announced that her party will bear the railway fare of migrant workers and labourers, Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat on Monday said that the state government will ensure that every migrant reaches home safely.
While talking to the cabinet members, Maharashtra Congress President Balasaheb Thorat said that they will be in constant touch with the railway ensuring that every migrant worker and labourer in the state reaches to their destination.
“We will ensure every migrant in the state reaches his home safely and as soon as possible. We are in constant touch with the railway,” Balasaheb Thorat said.
Thorat further informed that every guardian minister and contact minister has been given specific responsibilities for transferring the migrants to their native place while stating that the cabinet members will coordinate with the district collectors and SPs.
After the Union Home Ministry announced special trains for the migrants stranded in various cities amid the lockdown, there were reports claiming that the home-bound workers had to pay for their train ticket.
Reacting to this, Congress President Sonia Gandhi announced that her party was ready to bear the railway fare of the migrant workers. In her address earlier, Sonia Gandhi attacked the Modi government for not making the transportation free for the migrant workers.
While expressing solidarity with the migrants, Sonia Gandhi informed that every Pradesh Congress Committee will bear the cost for the rail travel of the needy workers and labourers.
The Congress President further criticised the decision of Indian Railway to donate ₹151 crores to PM-CARES. “Why can’t these essential members of our nation’s fabric be given a fraction of the same courtesy, especially free rail travel, at the time of distress?” she asked.
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