Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir government today said that as many as 50,000 people including students and labourers from the Union Territory have been evacuated safely from various parts of India and abroad amid Covid-19 lockdown.
All these people were brought to Srinagar through Srinagar-Jammu highway after thorough screening at Lakahpur. Besides, this, the government said that 7,264 persons were also brought home through special trains at Jammu and Udhampur till May 15.
According to a detailed break up about the figures, Rajdhani Express from Delhi has brought over 900 stranded J&K residents to Jammu this morning while two trains — one from Delhi and other from Aligarh today reached at Railway station Udhampur carrying 523 and 781 passengers respectively.
In a statement issued here, the government said that at Udhampur, the trains were received by Deputy Commissioner, Piyush Singhla, who had a brief interaction with the passengers about their journey and facilities. He informed that the district administration Udhampur has made elaborate arrangements for reception and departure of these passengers to their homes in different districts of J&K. “Corona warriors are facilitating the returnees to reach their homes”, he said.
The DC informed that the district authorities are ensuring strict adherence to the guidelines issued by Ministries of Home Affairs and Health & Family Welfare regarding COVID-19 during the boarding and de-boarding process in the district. “It is being ensured that the passengers observe social distancing and wear masks,” the official statement said.
As per the official communique, of the 49,218 returnees till May 15, 2020 (morning) coming via Lakhanpur, included 11,513 from Punjab, 18,286 from Himachal Pradesh, 3,905 from Delhi, 650 from Gujrat, 1,538 from Rajasthan, 2,401 from Haryana, 96 from Chhattisgarh, 2,666 from Uttarakhand, 326 from Maharashtra, 2,766 from Uttar Pradesh, 42 from Odhisa, 35 from Assam, 814 from Madhya Pradesh, 88 from Dehradun, 486 from Chandigarh, 316 from Telengana, 142 from Bihar and 3,148 from other states and UTs.
