Railways generated over 8 lakh man-days of work in six states under Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan

New Delhi: Indian Railways has generated 8 lakh 9 thousand 46 man-days of work till 4th September under Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan in six States. These States are  Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
  
Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal is closely monitoring the progress made in these projects and generation of work opportunities for the migrant labours of these states under this scheme. Around 164 Railway infrastructure projects are being executed in these states.
 
Till 4th September, over 12 thousand 270 workers have been engaged in this Abhiyaan and the payment of over one thousand 631 crore rupees has been released to the contractors for the projects being implemented.
 
 
Railways has appointed nodal officers in each district as well as in the States so that a close coordination is established with the State Government.
 
Railways has identified number of Railway works which are being executed under this scheme. The works are related to construction and maintenance of approach roads for level crossings and protection works of existing embankments among others .
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a massive employment cum rural public works campaign named Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan to empower and provide livelihood opportunities for returnee migrant workers affected by the devastating COVID-19. Mr Modi announced that an amount of 50 thousand crore rupees would be spent for building durable rural infrastructure under the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan. This Abhiyaan of 125 days, is being undertaken in mission mode, and involves focused implementation of 25 categories of works and activities in 116 districts.