<p>Congress leader and former legislator Pradeep Mathur has urged Railways Minister Piyush Goyal to announce a relief package for porters hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic or provide them a financial aid of at least Rs 10,000 per month.</p>.<p>In a letter written to the Union minister on Saturday, Mathur said "the government has announced a relief package for the unorganised sector, but no assistance has been given to railway porters."</p>.<p>"Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown, the employment opportunities for the railway porters working as unorganised sectors has come to a halt. As a result of which their families are on the brink of starvation," the letter read.</p>.<p>There are nearly 25,000 licensed porters in Railways, the Congress leader said.</p>.<p>"It is quite essential that the porters must be given Rs 10,000 per month or any other type of relief package be announced for them," Mathur said in his letter. </p>
<p>Congress leader and former legislator Pradeep Mathur has urged Railways Minister Piyush Goyal to announce a relief package for porters hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic or provide them a financial aid of at least Rs 10,000 per month.</p>.<p>In a letter written to the Union minister on Saturday, Mathur said "the government has announced a relief package for the unorganised sector, but no assistance has been given to railway porters."</p>.<p>"Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown, the employment opportunities for the railway porters working as unorganised sectors has come to a halt. As a result of which their families are on the brink of starvation," the letter read.</p>.<p>There are nearly 25,000 licensed porters in Railways, the Congress leader said.</p>.<p>"It is quite essential that the porters must be given Rs 10,000 per month or any other type of relief package be announced for them," Mathur said in his letter. </p>