There is no plan to stop train services, it will continue as per demand: CEO Railway Board
In the last few days, migrant labourers have been leaving big cities, like Delhi and Mumbai, as new restrictions are imposed due to COVID-19.
On Friday, April 9, Chairman and CEO of Railway Board, Suneet Sharma had made important clarifications about the rumours of train being stopped because of the surge in COVID-19 cases. By rejecting the false claim, Sharma said, “Train services will continue to be provided as per the demand. There is no shortage of train services and no plan to stop train services.”
CEO of Railway Board said that there is no plan to curtail or stop train services and clarified that the current rush is normal as it happens every year during Summer.
In a press briefing, Sharma said there was “no cause for alarm” and added that more trains were being pressed into service to clear the rush. In the last few days, migrant labourers have been leaving big cities, like Delhi and Mumbai, as new restrictions are imposed due to COVID-19.
“Train services will continue to be provided as per the demand. There is no shortage of train services and no plan to stop train services,” as said by Railway CEO.
Railway CEO further added that the Indian Railways is adding more trains to clear rush and said, “We are running more trains in April-May 2021 to clear the rush. We have announced 58 trains of Central Railway and 60 trains of Western Railway for places having high demand like Gorakhpur, Patna, Darbhanga, Varanasi, Guwahati, Barauni, Prayagraj, Ranchi, Lucknow.”
Currently Indian Railways are running over 1,400 mail express trains, 5,300 suburban services. We are running around 800 passenger trains which are slightly lesser because these are unreserved trains & tend to have a lot of rush. We can increase them after states’ decisions, said CEO of Railway.
We are running over 1,400 mail express trains, 5,300 suburban services. We are running around 800 passenger trains which are slightly lesser because these are unreserved trains & tend to have a lot of rush. We can increase them after states' decisions: Chairman&CEO, Railway Board
— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2021
India recorded over 1.31 lakh Covid-19 cases on Thursday, with Maharashtra reporting 56,286 cases, Chhattisgarh 10,662 cases, Uttar Pradesh 8,490, Delhi 7,437 cases and Karnataka 6,570 cases in last 24 hours.
