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Railways have been carrying relief material for the people affected by the natural calamities/disasters. It is proposed that in notified cases of National Calamities/Disasters, the transportation of the relief material will be carried on priority and free of cost. It is also proposed that Railways will provide free Second Class transportation to persons stranded in such calamities for their evacuation.
It is proposed that the dead bodies of patients who die while undergoing treatment in major Government hospitals will be carried on priority basis, to the nearest rail-head connecting their home town at 50% concession of the normal tariff rates. This was announced by the Railway Minister Shri Lalu Prasad while presenting the Railway Budget 2005-2006 in the Lok Sabha today.
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