Metro Rail services were discontinued following the announcement of the nationwide shutdown effective March 25.
Maharashtra Coronavirus News Live Updates: Maharashtra reported a one-day surge of 9,060 positive coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the state’s COVID 19 count to 15.95,381. The death of 150 patients due to the pandemic brought the death toll to 42,115, it said in a statement. Up to 11,204 patients were discharged during the day. With this, the state’s recovery count rose to 13,69,810. There are currently 1,82,973 active cases in the state. So far 81,39,466 people have been tested.
Mumbai metro services, which will restart this week, will have only a third of passenger traffic and the number of trains will be reduced to half from pre-covid levels. The cut in services, passengers and operating hours are implemented to ensure passenger safety and other Covid prevention measures. Only 200 services will run compared to 400 services above. Similarly, against 1,350 people per service before, now the train will carry only 360 people.
With all the Covid-10 security measures in place, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday that gyms and fitness centers in the state will be able to reopen from Dussehra (October 25). “Gyms and fitness centers are for the well-being of citizens, so care must be taken to ensure that the virus does not spread. SoPs must be strictly followed, ”he said.
To handle the heavy passenger traffic in the upcoming holiday season, Western Railway has announced that it will use 12 special trains that will operate on various routes during the Dussehra and Diwali seasons. Of these 12 pairs of special trains, five will run from Bandra Terminus, two pairs each from Indore and Udhna and one pair each from Okha, Porbandar and Gandhidham stations, the WR said in a statement on Friday. All trains will operate as special trains with a special rate.
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