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Maharashtra government, on Monday morning, announced the resumption of local train services for ferrying ‘essential services’ staff, for the first time since March 23. These “special suburban services” will not be for the public, a joint press release from Western and Central Railways said, and will only be meant for ‘essential workers’, these workers will be picked by the state government for the state and western railway. The Maharashtra government has identified around 1.25 lakh essential staff.
Mumbai: Western Railway(WR) resumes its selected suburban services from today only for movement of essential staff as identified by state govt. 60 pairs of WR's 12 car suburban services b/w Churchgate&Dahanu Road to ply for essential staff. Visuals from Churchgate railway station pic.twitter.com/FvIMY8DNbF
— Mahtab Shaikh (@MahtabS81714506) June 15, 2020
Since the state government has not made any bulk payment for extra safety precautions yet, the same rules that apply to general masses will apply here, all workers will need to buy tickets, they will not be allowed to be in close contact with each other and will only be allowed with their government ID’s along with a no parking zone 150 meters near the station.
This article has been contributed by Ahaanaa Singh, a 12th standard student of The Shri Ram School, Gurugram.
