JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 24: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 4,94,566 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 155 special trains at Jammu and Udhampur railway stations from different states and UTs, so far, with about 1,40,292 passengers while about 3,54,274 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 4494 stranded passengers have entered through Lakhanpur from September 23 to September 24 mornings while 1148 passengers have reached today in the 134th Delhi COVID special train at Jammu. So far, 134 trains have reached Jammu with a total of 124,596 stranded passengers belonging to different districts while 15,696 passengers have reached Udhampur in 21 special trains, so far.