Fake News Alert: Indian railways to restart full operations from February 1

The Indian Railways will resume normal train service from February 1, this information is being widely circulated by many social media users on various platforms, however, this is one of the rumors being produced in the online rumor mill.

It is expected that the Railways will soon resume the train services like pre-COVID times as the numbers of COVID-19 cases are falling in the country.

The government termed the morphed image doing rounds in social media as 'fake news' and officially denied the resumption of normal train services from February 1.

"We are constantly monitoring the situation in the country and will resume normal train services after having a discussion with all the concerned ministries in the government" top officials of Indian Railways said.

The Press Information Bureau (PIB) too denied the resumption of train services from February 1.

दावा: एक #Morphed तस्वीर में दावा किया जा रहा है कि रेलवे बोर्ड ने 1 फरवरी 2021 से सभी पैसेंजर ट्रेन, लोकल ट्रेन और यात्री स्पेशल ट्रेन चालू करने का ऐलान किया है। #PIBFactCheck: यह दावा फ़र्ज़ी है। @RailMinIndia ने ऐसी कोई घोषणा नहीं की है। pic.twitter.com/TlZNaILj9w

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) January 22, 2021

Railways had stopped the normal operations in March last year to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the country but later gradual resumption of train services started for people to travel from one part of the country to another.