SHRAMIK EXPRESS TRAINS DEPART TO WEST BENGAL AND BIHAR WITH 3256 PASSENGERS ON BOARD Dated: 04/06/2020 Special Shramik Express Train of Konkan Railway departed from Karmali Railway Station at 12:48 pm carrying 1556 passengers to New Alipurduar, West Bengal, Subsequently another 72 passengers were boarded at Margao Railway station making total 1628 passengers on board, While another Special Shramik Express Train No.05034 left from Madgaon Railway Station to Araria in Bihar at 3:16 pm carrying 1628 passengers today. Special Additional Collector, Shri Shashank Tripathi; Deputy Collector Bardez Shri Mamu Hage and other senior officers of district administration, Konkan Railways and Police Department were present at the time of departure of train at Karmali Railway station. SP South, Shri Arvind Gawas, IPS; Special Additional Collector, Shri Sanjiv Dessai; SP, Shri Sammy Tavares; SP, Shri Serafin Dias and other senior officers of district administration, Konkan Railways and Police Department were present at the time of departure of train at Madgaon Railway station. The people who boarded on the trains were stranded in Goa due to ongoing nationwide lockdown. A proper medical screening and other formalities of the passengers were carried out before they boarded on the train. All the passengers were served with food packets, ORS packet, Biscuits packet, Wada Pav, five water bottles per person and sanitary napkins before boarding the train. The entire operation was monitored by District Magistrate North Goa R. Menaka, IAS, District Magistrate South Goa Shri. Ajit Roy, IAS, Special AC Shri Shashank Tripathi and Deputy Collector Bardez Shri Mamu Hage under overall supervision of Shri. Kunal, IAS, Nodal Officer for Interstate Movement Cell. -- DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY. THIRD FLOOR,UDYOG BHAVAN, NEAR AZAD MAIDAN, PANAJI GOA.