The Indian Railways is running extra trains to meet the increased pressure on certain routes. Officials said this passenger growth is most likely a seasonal phenomenon and that there is no evidence of any mass exodus yet. According to a Rail Ministry presentation, the trains are for destinations having high demand like Gorakhpur, Patna, Darbhanga, Varanasi, Guwahati, Barauni, Prayagraj, Bokaro, Ranchi and Lucknow. Fears of a surge in outflow from urban areas had grown after the State governments started re-introducing stricter COVID-19 restrictions and night curfews. These concerns are rooted in the experience last year when the country was overnight pushed into Covid-19 lockdowns and business activities were shut. This had led to a massive exodus of workers from urban areas back to their native places due to lack of livelihood.
No shortage of train services, no plan to stop them: Railway Board Chairman ANI | Updated: Apr 09, 2021 19:21 IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): There is no shortage of train services and no plan to stop them and the services will continue to be provided as per demand, Chairman and CEO of Railway Board Suneet Sharma said on Friday.
His remarks came amid reports from Mumbai of migrant workers leaving the city in trains amid a rise in COVID-19 cases. Train services will continue to be provided as per the demand. There is no shortage of train services and no plan to stop train services, Kumar told the media here.
Covid News Live: Maharashtra reports over 15,000 cases again
Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 15,602 fresh COVID-19 cases and 88 deaths, taking the tally to 22,97,793 and the toll to 52,811, says the state Health department.
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Brazil ranks 2nd in terms of COVID-19 cases, death toll surpasses 275,000
Brazil comes now second in terms of the number of the confirmed coronavirus cases while the death toll from COVID-19 in the country has surpassed 275,000 people.
Over the past 24 hours, the Latin American country has registered 85,663 new COVID-19 cases, with the total number has reached 11,363,389. India, which previously came second, has recorded 11,308,846 coronavirus cases. The United States is the worst-hit nation with more than 29.32 million COVID-19 patients.
Indian Railway surpasses last year cumulative freight loading ANI | Updated: Mar 13, 2021 07:01 IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Indian Railways surpassed last year s total Cumulative freight loading in spite of Covid-19 challenges, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board Suneet Sharma said on Friday. In spite of Covid challenges, on March 11, 2021, Indian Railways surpassed last year s total Cumulative freight loading. On 11th March 2021, Indian Railways cumulative freight loading touched 1145.68 million tonnes which is higher than total cumulative loading of last year (1145.61 million tonnes), he said.
The Railway Board chairman said freight figures continue to maintain the high momentum in terms of loading and speed in March 2021 as well for Indian Railways.
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Tirunelveli MP S. Gnanathiraviam submits a memorandum to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Railway Board Suneet Sharma in New Delhi on Monday.
S. Gnanathiraviam, MP, has urged the Railway Ministry to extend the Chennai - Madurai Tejas Express to Tirunelveli.
When the Budget session of the Parliament was going on, Mr. Gnanathiraviam met Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Railway Board Suneet Sharma in New Delhi on Monday and submitted a memorandum to this effect. In the memorandum, Mr. Gnanathiraviam said Train Number 22671 / 22672 Chennai - Madurai Tejas Express should be extended to Tirunelveli as the service would be of great help to the public, especially to traders and officials travelling in this section frequently.