Railways created 2.2 lakh man days in 1 month: Chairman

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Indian Railways has created 2.2 lakh man days in the last one month for the returnee migrant workers in six states and has paid over Rs 737 crore, Railway Board Chairman V.K. Yadav said here on Thursday.

Addressing a virtual press conference, the Chairman said, “We have created 2.2 lakh man days in last four weeks in six states — Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha and Jharkhand for the returnee migrant workers and paid over Rs 737.4 crore.”

He said, in Uttar Pradesh the Railways created over 71,000 man days while in Bihar it created over 65,000 man days.

The national transporter has decided to create employment opprtunity for 125 days for the returnee migrant workers in 116 districts in six states commencing from June 20 in 170 railway infrastructure development works.

The Railways has planned for 11.67 lakh man days for returnee migrant workers.

The Railways has transported over 63 lakh migrant workers since May 1 to July 9 in over 4,500 Shramik Special trains.

–IANS

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