New Delhi, May 19: The Centre on Tuesday did away with the need for the states/union territories to permit movement of Shramik special trains to respective destinations and the Railways will now be permitted by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Revising the Standard Operating Procedures for such trains, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the move is to facilitate movement of stranded migrants in different states.
States/UTs have now been asked to designate nodal authorities to make necessary arrangements to send and receive such stranded persons, an official communication said.
The issue of permission by states became political when the Railways said certain state governments like West Bengal were not granting permission to run these trains, a charge contested by the state.
