Thiruvananthapuram, May 19: Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today disclosed that there the Railways have announced a daily special non-AC Chair car train from Bengaluru to the State. This service will commence on May 21 from Bangalore.
A special non-AC train from Delhi to Kerala will leave New Delhi on May 20 at 6 pm with 1,304 passengers. The list includes 971 people from Delhi and 333 from UP, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
“Those who have expressed their desire to come back to Kerala and registered on the Norka website have been prioritised by the Government. Pregnant women, the sick and children should come back first. But we have observed that those who don’t have a need to come back urgently are taking advantage of the system thus denying the opportunities for those who genuinely need to come back. I request everyone not to rush and cooperate with the government’s arrangements. We are making arrangements for all to come back. There might be some delay but everyone will be brought back”, the Chief Minister said.
All the details are being collected from those who are coming back from outside. The Police, health department and the local bodies would keep these details.
Kerala asks for entrance examination centres in Gulf countries
Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today informed that he has requested the intervention of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in allotting entrance examination centres in the UAE and other Gulf countries where a large number of expatriate Indian students live.
“There has been concern among the expatriate students in the Gulf about writing the various entrance examinations including NEET. This year’s NEET examination is scheduled for July 26 and because of the travel ban from abroad, it won’t be possible for those students to come to India to write these exams. It is in this context that Kerala has asked for entrance examination centres in the Gulf countries” said the CM.
Minister of Health & Social Justice, Smt K K Shailaja Teacher; Revenue Minister, Shri E Chandrasekharan, and Chief Secretary, Shri Tom Jose IAS were also present during the briefing.