TRAIN AUTHORITY AND PEOPLE ENGAGED IN SERVICE ARE DOING TOUGH JOB IN ROURKELA

Rajesh Mohapatra,Odishabarta

ROURKELA: Now PAN India, Indian Govt. is running Shramik Special trains for the migrants’ workers who are detained in other states. This has come to effect when massive criticism was there from all around when migrants’ laborers have taken the huge risk to travel long distance because of non availability of road or train communications due to lockdown.

In the process many trains are now running across the state carrying migrant laborers and the respective Govt. and Centre at large is morally responsible for their well being and do all care during their journey. All measures have been taken but sometime migrant laborers are becoming violent and resistless when food and water supply is provided by the centre and respective state through which train travels. Rourkela is the main junction in this side and due to heavy trains on track , huge traffics problems arises, hence, the rail authority have diverted many trains through other lines where less traffic is there.

Therefore, in last 24 hours as many as 35 trains carrying migrant laborers from different states like Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have travelled through Rourkela junction. When train stops here, passengers get down from the train to have water, food for them as well as for their loved ones. They take their share and few migrant laborers even don’t mind to loot food and other essential items been kept for other trains and creating havoc in the station.

These services are usually provided by IRCTC as per the instructions from Centre and in some cases services are extended from local authority (Rourkela Municipal Corporation) RMC and some voluntary organizations. In stations with the service providers, staffs of RMC and volunteers of social organization are remaining present along with police personnel but it is difficult to control when a mass is doing something which is not permissible. But the limitation is, looking at their struggle, pressure and power cannot be applied whereby they take the advantage of it and do mean things.It remains for them to understand the situation and should think for other passengers like them who will suffer if they take their share of food. It’s a matter of understanding and showing empathy for others who are also victims of this Covid-19 and subsequent lockdown.Another concern is when they come in mass, they don’t maintain social distancing, hence, risking their as well as lives of others.