Govt shifted left out JK residents with special trains

JAMMU, OCTOBER 30

The Jammu and Kashmir Government has shifted about 7,47,517 JK residents, left in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur with special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the information, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has received 155 special trains at Jammu and Udhampur railway stations from different states and UTs, so far, with about 1,40,292 passengers while about 6,07,225 persons from other states and UTs including 937 from abroad have been evacuated by the government through Lakhanpur. As per the detailed breakup of the figures, about 8498 stranded passengers have entered through Lakhanpur from October 29 to October 30 mornings while 134 trains have reached Jammu with a total of 124,596 left passengers belonging to different districts so far while 15,696 passengers have reached Udhampur.