Railways resumes selected local trains in Mumbai
Mumbai/IBNS: The Indian Railways resumed selected local trains for essential staff on Monday morning.
The essential staff have been recognised by the Maharashtra government.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted, "In another landmark step in our fight against COVID-19, Railways resumes selected local train services in Mumbai from today, strictly for essential staff as recognised by the State Govt."
In another landmark step in our fight against COVID-19, Railways resumes selected local train services in Mumbai from today, strictly for essential staff as recognised by the State Govt. pic.twitter.com/z77wljR3wi
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) June 15, 2020
A lab technician from Nair hospital was seen happy in a video which has been shared by Western Railway on micro-blogging site Twitter.
A lab technician frm Nair Hospital sharing hr happiness to see local trn at early hours with better frequency fr going hospital on hr essential duty. WR hs strtd selected suburban services only fr movement of essential staff as identified by state govt.@RailMinIndia @PiyushGoyal pic.twitter.com/9GtLpWCRlu
— Western Railway (@WesternRly) June 15, 2020
The Indian Railways are presently running 200 express trains amid the anti-Covid-19 lockdown 5.0 which is due to end on Jun 30.
(Image Credit: Piyush Goyal Twitter)
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