Covid-19 cases in India are rising at an alarming rate. With Maharashtra crossing a tally of 47,913 cases on Friday. India has re-entered the 90,000 cases-a-day range after five and a half months. And to curb the spread of the virus, authorities are doing everything they can. Now, IRCTC has suspended the services of the Ahemdabad-Mumbai Central-Ahemdabad Tejas Express train for a month.
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Rise In The Covid-19 Cases Have Prompted The Authorities To Take This Step
The rise in the covid-19 cases is the main reason that has prompted the railway authorities to take this step. In a statement, IRCTC said,
“Temporary suspension of ADI-BCT-ADI Tejas Express due to recent Covid-19 rising cases. Keeping in view the rising cases and in the larger public interest, it has been decided to suspend the services of train no.82902/82901 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Tejas Express from April 2 for a period of one month.”
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In terms of operations, the railways’ authorities had resumed the service of Tejas Express four days a week from February 14 this year. And as per the reports from PTI, the railways may restore their train services to pre-Covid levels over the next two months. However, it will only be possible if the state governments give their nod and the coronavirus pandemic is under control.
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For now, India is fighting a tough fight against the covid-19 pandemic as the cases are rising at an alarming rate. After witnessing a spike in the cases, Pune has implemented new measures to control the situation. All religious places, bars, theatres, malls and restaurants, starting today, will be shut for 7-days in Pune. And there’ll also be a 12-hour night curfew from 6 PM to 6 AM.
Well, we can only hope that the cases reduce with time, and things come back to normalcy soon.