Railway booking to remain suspended till May 3

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To ensure essential supplies reach various parts of the country, movement of goods and parcel trains will continue: Indian Railways

Tuesday April 14, 2020 12:26 PM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS

New Delhi: Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak till May 3, the Indian Railways also decided to extend the cancellation of passenger train services till the lockdown period.

The railway ministry in a statement said, "In continuation of the measures taken in the wake of Covid-19 lockdown, it has been decided that all passenger train services of Indian Railways including premium trains, mail and express trains, passenger trains, suburban trains, Kolkata Metro Rail, Konkan Railway etc shall continue to remain cancelled till May 3."

The Railways said that to ensure essential supplies reach various parts of the country -- movement of goods and parcel trains will continue.

Pointing out towards the rules of cancellation of all passenger train tickets the ministry said, all counters for booking of rail journey tickets for reserved or unreserved travel at railway stations and outside railway station premises shall remain closed upto May 3.

The railways earlier suspended the services of over 13,600 passenger, mail and express trains as a measure to stop the spread of Covid-19 between March 24 and April 14.

The announcement by Indian Railways cams hours after Prime Minister Modi on announced the extension of the nationwide lockdown till May 3.

In his address to the nation Modi said that the cities and districts across the country will be monitored and tested till April 20 and if the country passed the litmus test in cutting the transmission of COVID-19 then some important activities will be permitted.

Modi emphasised that an area turning into a hotspot will pose more challenge to us. "In next one week in the fight against corona, more strictness would be followed", he said.

"Every town ,every police station, every district, every state till April 20 will be tested like how much lockdown is being followed, how much that area has protected itself from corona, and it will be analysed and seen," Modi said.

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