Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today announced that four helpdesks will be set up across the country for the benefit of Pravasi Malayalees stranded outside Kerala. These helpdesks will be based at the Delhi Kerala House, Mumbai Kerala House, and the offices of Norka at Bangalore and Chennai. Call centres for Non-Resident Keralites will also be set up in all these four places to help the stranded Malayalees.

The CM also informed that special non-stop trains would be run from Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai to the State, to bring back the stranded Keralites. He was hopeful that the first train will be from Delhi to bring back the stranded students there. The date will be announced soon.