Srinagar, May 8 : The Jammu and Kashmir government is arranging special trains for its residents stranded across the country due to the lockdown and will bear the cost of the tickets, even as 30,000 people have so far returned to the UT with proper regulation, the Home Department said on Friday.
“Train services are being arranged for stranded persons of J-K, particularly from far off places. These trains will start arriving shortly and necessary coordination with the sending states as also with Railway authorities is going on,” a statement from the UT’s Home Department said.
It said the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to bear the cost of the tickets.
“The returnees will not need to make any payments for their return journey by train,” the statement said.
However, it said nobody should move in a hurry without passes issued with the consent of the J-K government.
“Else, will be quarantined for 21 days in Kathua,” the statement said.
(PTI)
