Passenger trains can be started only after the considerable caution

Safe handling of passenger trains after the lockdown seems the biggest challenge before the railways

APRIL 23 (WTN) - The Coronavirus infection to have grown and spread from the city of Wuhan in China is currently the biggest threat to the existence of human civilization. The Coronavirus infection has spread to more than 200 countries due to the mistake, the negligence,and the dogma of the Chinese leftist government. By the time this article is written, nearly 1,84,248 people have died across the world from the Coronavirus infection. As far as India is concerned, for your information, let us know that due to the efficient strategy of the Modi government, the Coronavirus infection is very much under control in India as compared to other countries.

Lockdown is a cause of relatively low spread of the Coronavirus infection in India. As you are aware that the Coronavirus disease is actually a disease of the infection, in order to avoid the infection, it is most important to maintain a distance between people. For this reason, the operation of the passenger trains is also closed in the country. Now, after 3 May, the lockdown is expected to be relaxed with certain conditions. In such a situation, people are hopeful that after 3 May, passenger trains will be resumed with some conditions.

However, the railway has just closed the railway reservation after May 3. And if the railway operates the trains after the lockdown, it can do so only after the permission of the central government. It is believed that the central government will also decide to operate passenger trains only after consulting the states. But the way the Coronavirus infection cases are increasing, it is clear that whenever the passenger trains are operated, it will start with a lot of caution and vigilance.

According to the information received from the media, after May 3, only a few selected trains can run on the selected routes first. These trains can be like special trains, and their fare can be kept high. This will initially help to reduce the congestion in trains, and only those people can travel in these trains for whom it is necessary to travel. At the same time, health checkup of the passengers will be done before traveling in these trains.

For your information, let us know that from 19 March, the Railways has stopped giving all other concessions on the tickets except the concession on the basis of disability, students, and health concession. Its main purpose is to reduce the congestion in trains, and especially to keep the elderly away from traveling by trains. It is believed that the Railways will continue with this order so that more and more people are kept away from traveling.

There is also a possibility that the railways should run the trains with sleeper class coaches only in the beginning. And in this, only those people who have a confirmed ticket should be allowed to travel. Such a train will neither have a general coach nor an AC coach. There is a possibility of spreading the Coronavirus infection due to the congestion in the general coach, while the risk of spreading the infection in an AC coach is very high.

For your information, let us know you that the railway has converted more than 5 thousand coaches of the sleeper class into the isolation ward. For this, a middle seat of the coach has been removed. However, these coaches are not required as the isolation wards yet. In such a situation, the Railways can also run special class trains as Sleeper-2 through these special coaches. Railways believe that this will enable the social distancing rules to be followed.

Indeed, the railways have a huge responsibility to protect millions of its employees and passengers from the Coronavirus infection. To prevent the Coronavirus infection from spreading on the trains and the railway platforms, it is also important for the railways to follow the instructions of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Home Affairs. In such a situation, after taking a lot of precaution, the railway is ready to operate the passenger trains with utmost care.