NFR provides 5.10 lakh free meals to Shramik Special Trains passengers

GUWAHATI: The Shramik Special Trains which started operations from various locations of the country from May 1, 2020 onward are being run continuously as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) at the request of respective State Governments.

Only those persons enlisted by the State Governments and brought to the station can travel on these Shramik Special Trains. More than 85 Shramik Special trains arrived in various NE States like Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Assam till Friday with more than 1,30,000 stranded people of all the NE States. All the passengers of Shramik Special Trains are mainly students, patients, and migrant labours with their family members, stated a release.

After the Shramik Special trains arrive in the jurisdiction of NFR for an onward journey towards various locations in NE States, it is ensured that all the passengers get sufficient food and drinking water for the further journey period. From May 7 to June 5, a total of 5,10,778 meals were provided to the passengers of various Shramik Special trains at various locations. So, more than 17,000 meals were provided to passengers daily in the NFR area. It may be noted that the number of meals provided in a particular train depends on the number of passengers and the route/journey time of the train. It was found that on an average about 1,168 meals were provided to each of the Shramik Special trains each time.

The meal generally consists of hygienically prepared vegetable biryani, laddu, kachori, bread, banana, biscuit, bhujiya packets, Tea / Milk (for children) etc. In addition to the meal, more than 4,92,502 bottles of mineral water were also provided to the passengers during the journey. On an average 1,127 bottles of mineral water were provided on each train.

Meals were supplied in stations where there is feasibility for the same and adequate manpower for distribution as well as monitoring is also available. Because all protocols of COVID-19 has to be followed while distributing such meal to passengers. In the NFR area, meals were provided in stations like Katihar, New Jalpaiguri, New Cooch Behar, New Alipurduar, New Bongaigaon, Guwahati, Lumding, Badarpur, Mariani, and Tinsukia.

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