Mangaluru: Railways dithering from reintroducing passenger trains Wed, Jan 13 2021 10:21:21 AM Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP) Mangaluru, Jan 13: After unlock was introduced in a phased manner, the life in general is slowly limping back to normalcy. People however are protecting themselves in their own ways. However, the railways have not yet made up mind to reintroduce the passenger trains. Many who were dependent on trains to go to work now are compelled to spend a big chunk of their income for meeting travel expenses as express trains do not have general compartments. For example, Sathish from Manjeshwar, works at a textile shop at Mangaluru for a monthly salary of Rs 8,300. Now he spends Rs 76 per day on to and fro bus fare alone. Barring weekly holidays, he spends about Rs 2,000 towards bus fare every month. For many like him, bus travel becomes exorbitant. In comparison, before the lockdown, he was able to travel between Manjeshwar and Mangaluru on the basis of Rs 100 per month train pass.