Don't send labor special trains to the state till May 26: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata, Saturday 23 May 2020

The West Bengal chief secretary on Saturday wrote a letter to the chairman of the Railway Board, saying the district administration was busy with relief and rehabilitation work due to the devastating hurricane.

It is not possible to receive special trains for the next few days, so it has been requested that no trains be sent to the state till May 26.

Earlier this month, West Bengal and the Union government came face to face over the operation of trains. On May 9, Home Minister Amit Shah wrote a letter to the West Bengal Chief Minister saying that the West Bengal government would not allow trains carrying migrant workers to reach the state. Has been.

In a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Amit Shah said it was unfair for him not to allow West Bengal workers to enter the state.

Referring to the Labor Special Trains being run by the Union Government to take migrant laborers to different destinations in different parts of the country, the Home Minister wrote in the letter that the Center provides access to the homes of more than two lakh migrant laborers.