Govt evacuates 4,88,924 stranded JK residents; 3,49,780 via Lakhanpur, 1,39,144 through spl trains

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 4,88,924 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures.
As per the official data received in this regard, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has received 154 special trains at Jammu and Udhampur railway stations from different states and UTs, so far, with about 1,39,144 passengers while about 3,49,780 persons from other states and UTs including 934 from abroad have been evacuated by the government through Lakhanpur till date.
As per the detailed breakup of the figures, about 4658 stranded passengers have entered through Lakhanpur from September 22 to September 23 mornings while 1123 passengers have reached Wednesday in the 133rd Delhi COVID special train at Jammu. So far, 133 trains have reached Jammu with a total of 123,448 stranded passengers belonging to different districts while 15,696 passengers have reached Udhampur in 21 special trains, so far.