Corona: All passenger, express trains cancelled till March 31: Railways

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In view of the increasing number of coronavirus patients inthe country, the national transporter on Sunday announced stopping all thetrains, except the goods trains, till March 31.

Rajesh Dutt Bajpai, Executive Director, Ministey ofRailways, in a statement said, “No train except goods train will be run upto midnight hrs of March 31.”

   

Bajpai said bare minimum suburban services and Kolkata metroRail service will continue to run till midnight on March 22.

“Thereafter these services will also be stopped tillmidnight of March 31,” he added.

The national transporter’s decision came amid reports of twofresh deaths from Covid-19 in Maharashtra and Bihar.

On Sunday, the total number of Covid-19 patients crossed 300mark.

In view of ‘Janata Curfew’, the Indian Railways had alreadydecided to cancel the long distance trains originating between 4 a.m. and 10pm. The railways has also cancelled all passengers trains across the country.

By Saturday, the railways had cancelled 245 pairs of trainsacross the country and also stopped providing blankets in the air-conditionedcoaches.

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