Railway Board Chairman V.K. Yadav on Friday described reports of Shramik Special trains ” getting lost” as “phony news,” and stated just four trains of an overall of 3,840 run up until now because May 1 have taken more than 72 hours to reach their locations.
He said only 1.8%of all such trains run so far, or 71 trains, were diverted and even that just in between Might 20 and 24, as 90%of the Shramik Special trains run in the four days were bound for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and this had actually resulted in network blockage.
Among the destination-States of the diverted trains were Bihar (51), Uttar Pradesh (16), Jharkhand (2) and Assam and Manipur (1 each). Among the originating-States were Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan.
The declaration comes amidst extreme criticism of the Indian Railways for Shramik Unique trains taking longer routes and lack of p