Low occupancy: 3 trains cancelled

Coimbatore: Three trains passing through or originating from Salem and Coimbatore to Kerala and Karnataka have been cancelled because of low occupancy. Officials, who refused to divulge the current occupancy rates, said the same was dropping daily in the wake of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases.
Among the cancelled trains is Kannur-Coimbatore-Kannur daily special train, the services of which has been suspended from May 6 to 15. The railway has also cancelled Yesvantpur-Kannur daily special train, which stops at Dharmapuri, Salem and Coimbatore, indefinitely from Tuesday. The third train to be cancelled is KSR Bengaluru-Nagercoil daily special train, which passes through Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal and Karur. TNN