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CHENNAI: Hundreds of railway coaches that were turned into Covid quarantine wards have been lying idle since their conversion, reveals an RTI query. In April, the Indian Railways was ordered to convert 5,000 non-AC sleeper class coaches into isolation wards. As part of the plan, Southern Railway converted 573 coaches into 4,584 quarantine wards.
On an average, Rs 51,388 was spent for converting a coach. Overall, the works cost Southern Railway Rs 2.93 crore, revealed a response obtained by TNIE from SR through RTI. Though the coaches were stationed at major railway stations, the State government did not request the railways for the quarantine facility. Thus, all the 573 coaches have remained idle. ....

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