Migrant workers from Jharkhand, who were stranded in Goa during the nationwide lockdown, were able to return home to their respective places by Shramik Special Train on Sunday.
After covering long distance, they reached Ranchi railway station this afternoon where food packets and water bottles were handed to them by Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), a subsidiary of Coal India, with support from the railway authority.
Migrants boarded Shramik Special Train at Karmali railway station, Goa and their destination is Jasidih railway station of Deoghar district of Jharkhand. CCL under the directive of Director (Personal) Vinay Ranjan is committed to support the migrant workers coming from different states to their State in Jharkhand. CSR activities are carried under his supervision.
General Manager (Administration) AK Singh, Senior Manager (Personal) Sanjay Kumar and others were present during the distribution of food items.
CCL, one of the leading Public sector undertakings in the State, distributed 1,200 packets of food and 1,200 water bottles at the Ranchi railway station to the migrants returning to their home State.
The food items were handed over to the railway authorities at Ranchi Railway station. Government of India is continually running trains for the convenience and transportation of the people from various parts of the country. On Saturday also migrants coming from Shramik Train were given food packets and water bottles.
CCL under the leadership of CMD, Gopal Singh has been in alert mode since the initial signs of the pandemic started emerging. “The Company has been conscious of its responsibility towards the society and is undertaking different welfare schemes for wellbeing of the people of the State. This includes the distribution of food packets, sanitisers, operation of community kitchen for the people in the command area of the company,” he added.
CMD, Singh stated that these are challenging times for the country and CCL is trying utmost to ensure that all the essential facilities are available for the people of the State.