Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Chahal said that although the number of new coronavirus patients in the city is decreasing by the day, the number of new asymptomatic patients is currently high.
Currently, only certain categories of people, including those working for essential services, can travel on local trains.
So far, the rail authorities have allowed women to ride trains on both the Central Rail and Western Rail routes during certain time slots during the day.
Expressing concern about a large number of people in the city not wearing masks, he said the administration will have to impose a night curfew if people continue to fail to take precautionary measures.
On Wednesday, rail passenger associations demanded that the government now allow everyone to travel without using the “overcrowding” reason.
Last month, amid growing apprehensions of a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in Maharashtra, the BMC chief had reported that the civic body is mulling over the resumption of local trains for all after December 15.
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