Rlys provides breakfast to travellers of Shramik Spls

Nashik: Nashik Road railway station authorities provided breakfast to over 2,000 migrant workers travelling in two Shramik Special trains from Mumbai to Azamgarh and Banda stations in Uttar Pradesh.

The trains took brief halts at the Nashik Road station, where the migrants were given two bananas, a packet each of biscuits and potato wafers along with a bottle of water.

According to railway sources, several trains have started departing from Mumbai since last night at regular intervals.

“We have received orders from the senior authorities to provide food to the migrant workers travelling by these trains. Apart from Nashik Road, officials of major stations like Manmad and Bhusawal have been instructed to provide food to the migrant workers,” said the sources.

Senior officials at these stations would provide food depending on the time when the trains arrive. “We got a feedback that the authorities at the Manmad station provided lunch to migrant workers travelling by these special trains,” said the sources.

Railway officials said that Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel helped the staff in distributing the food among the migrant workers by ensuring there were no chaos.

Meanwhile, a couple of more Shramik Special trains have been planned from Nashik Road station.