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No plan to stop or curtail train services, no. to be increased on demand: Railways
By PTI| Posted by Minhaj Adnan | Published: 9th April 2021 7:07 pm IST (Representative Image)
New Delhi: The railways on Friday said there is no plan to curtail or stop train services and assured passengers that trains will be provided on demand amidst reports of migrant workers rushing to their hometowns, reminiscent of the days following the coronavirus-triggered lockdown.
A number of officials, including Railway Board Chairman Suneet Sharma, General Manager, Southern Railway John Thomas and the chief public relations officers (CPROs) of the Northern and Central Railways, reached out to the media to deny reports of an exodus of migrant workers to their hometowns via trains.
Dual mode shunting locomotive inducted into service
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AAA A battery-operated dual mode shunting locomotive, “Pasumai”, was inducted into service at Erode Railway Junction here on Wednesday.
General Manager of Southern Railway John Thomas flagged off the locomotive in its fleet in the presence of A. Gautam Srinivas, Divisional Railway Manger, Salem Division and other senior officials.
Officials said that the Diesel Loco Shed in Erode had converted the electric locomotive into battery-operated dual model shunting loco. The loco that was commissioned in 1985 served 35 years and was converted so that it can work on both wired and unwired section. While in wired section, the locomotive can work in both modes, while in the unwired section, it can work in battery mode.