Keeping in mind the corona virus, the Ministry of Railways is not in a mood to give any relaxation to the passengers as of now. Keeping in view the safety of the passengers, the Ministry of Railways has extended its Coronavirus (COVID19) guidelines for another six months or till further instructions. Also, according to the information received from the railways, if any person is caught without a mask in the railway premises and trains, he can be fined up to Rs 500.
Ministry of Railways has extended its #COVID19 guidelines for six months or till further instructions, "Not wearing masks on railway premises & in trains can attract a fine of up to Rs 500," the new order reads pic.twitter.com/uGQpT2SsXZ
— ANI (@ANI) October 7, 2021
Let us tell that the festival season is about to start, in such a situation, the number of travelers returning home increases significantly. In such a situation, the railways does not want to do any kind of negligence, which will increase the cases of corona and cause problems to the people. It is worth noting that in April this year, Indian Railways had issued a notification regarding wearing of masks at railway stations. Special guidelines were issued for people to wear masks at railway stations. Under this, a provision was made to impose a fine of Rs 500 for not wearing a mask in the railway premises or inside the train. Indian Railways had extended that guidelines for the next 6 months.
Freight of festival special trains increased
In view of the rush of passengers in the festival, the railways has increased the frequency of many trains. The passenger load is highest on the Mumbai route. In view of this, the Railways has extended the frequency of 18 festival special trains running on the Mumbai route till 31 March 2022. All these trains coming to Mumbai from Darbhanga, Manduadih, Lucknow, Gorakhpur to Kanpur are being run for Mumbai. The trips of all these trains were ending by 31 October. In view of the increasing rush of passengers, the frequency of trains has been increased for five months.
Corona situation in the country
Let us tell you that at present, the total number of active cases in the country is more than 3 lakhs. So far 4,45,768 people have died in the country due to Corona. At the same time, 3,27,83,741 people have been cured so far. From last year till now, the total cases of corona in India are 3,35,31,498. These days the spread of corona virus has slowed down a bit, but is increasing again in some places. Cases have started increasing again in Delhi, while in Maharashtra, lockdown has been imposed in some places.
