Enhance special train services for migrant workers
Bharatiya Janata Party · Lok Sabha General Election 2024
Last updated 8 Jul 2026
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Original manifesto wording
“We are running special train services on important occasions for helping the migrant workers travel to and from their homes. We will enhance these services so that migrant workers can travel without any hassles.”
Our Assessment
Indian Railways routinely operates large numbers of festival special trains during peak travel occasions (such as Chhath, Diwali and Holi), heavily used on migrant-worker routes to and from states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, and the number of festival special train trips has been increased year on year. These services help migrant workers travel home during important occasions. However, they take the form of general festival-special services rather than a distinct, named migrant-worker scheme with measurable hassle-free guarantees, so the specific enhancement pledge is partially evidenced. Partial.
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