Migrant labourers travelling in Shramik Express being provided necessary food, water
    Date :21-May-2020

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 10 liter water containers supplied in Shramik Express trains at Jabalpur.
 
Staff Reporter ;
 
Thanks to act of compassion by Jabalpur Division of WCR that migrant labourers travelling in Shramik Express trains are being provided with necessary hospitability in form of supply of breakfast, food packets along with water bottles. Reportedly the migrants who board their respective train from originating station are left hardly with any money to procure eatables and till Jabalpur reportedly starve for want of food and water. On Wednesday more than 1000 migrants passing through Jabalpur station were given breakfast and food packets with drinking water bottles.
 
According to information, on Wednesday morning a Shramik Express from Renigunta to Kodarma carrying 1510 migrants were given breakfast packets along with water bottles. Also that five Shramik express train from Panvel Mumbai, Kolhapur and two train from Surat were given food packets by the railway staffers at Jabalpur station. Some 8500 migrants were benefited by the distribution of food packets and water bottles. In the food packet being supplied to migrants comprises of 8 puris, sabji, pickle, onion and other eatables.
 
While in breakfast packet migrant were given refreshment along with banana, biscuits and the like eatables. On Wednesday afternoon, during the arrival of Shramik Express, Additional DRM Deepak Kumar Gupta along with Senior DCM Basant Kumar Sharma carried out inspection of distribution of food packet being given to migrants of Shramik Express. It is informed that in view of present scorching climate 10-10 liter water containers were provided in every coach of Shramik express to make migrants comfortable in course of their onward journey.