Indian Railways

India Railways operated around 201 Shramik Special trains till late Thursday and helped nearly 2 lakh stranded migrant workers, tourists and students to return to their home state.

The poor workers sleeping on the tracks were mowed down by the goods train carrying petrol and diesel from Nanded to Manmad at 5.15 am. Five of them escaped with injuries and they have been rushed to a hospital.

While The Hindu reported that passengers will have to pay Rs 50 extra for special trains, actually state govts are paying for the trains

All passenger trains and flights except those approved by the respective ministries have suspended their operations till May 3.

As hundreds of the attendees have now tested positive for the Chinese virus, the Southern Railway has now warned that ticket examiners and RPF personnel may also have been contracted with the virus and hence asked its staff to undergo a medical test.

The Indian Railway transported 20 litres of camel milk to a family in Mumbai from Rajasthan after a mother from Mumbai tweeted about the non-availability of camel milk in Mumbai.

The DRDO has recently approved an PPE type overall produced by the Jagadhari workshop of the Indian Railways.

Indian Railway has decided to convert its coaches into quarantine wards for the treatment of Coronavirus patients.

Earlier, the Indian Railways had offered its coaches to be used as isolation wards for the patients who are tested positive for Wuhan Coronavirus

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had interacted with Chairman Railway Board VK Yadav, General Managers of all zones and Divisional Railway Managers through video conferencing on Wednesday.