The government said today that it had never talked about charging the workers train fare. 85 per cent fare will be borne by railways and the rest by state governments, said a top Health Ministry official.”We have given the permission to run special trains on states’ request. We are dividing the cost in 85-15 per cent as per the norms. We never asked states to charge money from the stranded labourers,” Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal told reporters.He was responding to questions following Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s announcement that her party would pay the fare for all migrants and needy workers travelling home by these trains.
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