There are reports in some sections of media that the Indian Railways were planning to run special trains to help move labourers stranded in different parts of the country to their native places.
Railway issues circular for all india.
Even ABP Majha carried special report that special trains will be arranged to ferry migrant workers to their homes. pic.twitter.com/QkOHeLzoJY— Sanjeev Goyal (@sanjeev_goyal) April 14, 2020
Special trains should be run throughout India to send these poor migrants people to their respective states.
— Babu (@Babu90_) April 14, 2020
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked and found the news to be fake.
Following PM Modi’s announcement of the extension of the lockdown till May 3rd, thousands of migrant workers converged near the Bandra railway station in Mumbai on April 14, 2020, hoping to catch trains back to their home states.
Taking to Twitter, the Railway Ministry said that all passenger train services will remain cancelled during the lockdown period.
It is clarified that all Passenger train services are fully cancelled, across the nation, till 3rd May 2020 and there is no plan to run any special train to clear the passenger rush
All concerned may pl.take note of the same and help us in resisting any wrong news in this regard
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) April 14, 2020
“It is clarified that all passenger train services are fully cancelled, across the nation, till May 3, 2020, and there is no plan to run any special train to clear the passenger rush,” a tweet by the official handle of Ministry of Railways on Tuesday read.
Through the tweet, the Ministry also urged all concerned people to “take note of the same and help us in resisting any wrong news in this regard.”
Earlier today, IRCTC had said that full refund will be provided for all trains cancelled till May 3 and added that users need not cancel their e-tickets.
The Ministry of Home Affairs issued orders extending lockdown till May 3 to prevent the spread of coronavirus cases in the country.
“In pursuance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement today, the Government of India issues orders prescribing extension of lockdown for the containment of COVID-19 epidemic in the country till May 3,” read the order by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Hence, the above information proves that the viral news is fake.
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