Women’s assn to rescue of railway porters

Tribune News Service

Ambala, June 2

The Northern Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation (NRWWO), Ambala division, has come to the aid of railway porters, who have been struggling for livelihood due to lesser footfall, fewer trains and Covid scare.

As many as 70 ‘rail sahayaks’ at Ambala Cantonment Railway Station have been provided ration.

Each porter has been given 10-kg flour, 5-kg rice, 1-kg edible oil, 1-kg sugar, 250-gram tea, 2-kg pulses and one packet of salt. The Tribune had also highlighted the plight of railway porters in its columns on May 31.

Harvinder Kaur, president of the organision and wife of Divisional Railway Manager Gurinder Mohan Singh, said, “Amid the current Covid crisis, porters are facing hardships in making both ends meet. All members and office-bearers of the organised decided to own the responsibility to assist the needy.”

Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Hari Mohan said all employees and officers of the division came forward to contribute to the organisation for this noble cause.