Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray requests Centre not to charge railway fare from migrant labourers

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has appealed to Central government not to charge railway fare from migrant workers owing to ir worsened financial condition amid COVID-19 crisis that has stripped m of ir employment and daily wages. chief minister took to Twitter to make appeal. 

tweet in Hindi roughly translates to: "Migrant labourers and workers are being allowed to go home as lockdown has been relaxed. Chief Minister Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray has requested Center to insist Railways not to charge for tickets from labourers as ir financial condition has deteriorated due to Coronavirus."

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Special trains for tourists, students, migrant labourers

Ministry of Railways on Friday announced that it will ply special trains to transport tourists, students, migrant labourers through several states easing ir struggles and to facilitate ir travel towards ir native state. Ministry said it would operate seven special point-to-point trains for ir travel. reafter, Railways on Saturday ferried home nearly 10,000 migrants from eight states to Uttar Presh, Jharkhand and Bihar on 10 special trains.

trains were planned on request of se eight states — Tamil Nu, Andhra Presh, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

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While most activities are permitted in Orange and Green zones, 'Containment zones' and metropolitan areas like Mumbai (MMR), Pune (PMR) and Malegaon that falls under Red zones have activities still under curbs. However, liquor shops have been allowed to open as a part of relaxation. liquor shops will be open in red zones as well but not in containment areas.

Travel in all forms —air, train, metro, inter-state ro— are prohibited in all zones, in accordance with instructions from Centre. Likewise, hospitality units, education institutions, places of worship and large shopping units are also not allowed anywhere.