The move comes in the backdrop of reports that there was a huge congregation of people at major railway stations despite travel advisories that the number should be restricted to contain the spread of the virus.

The relocation can be found in the background of reports that there was a big congregation of people at significant train stations in spite of travel advisories that the number must be limited to contain the spread of the infection.|Picture Credit:
R. Ragu.

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The Railways supplies travel concessions to 51 categories of individuals.

In a first, the Ministry of Railways has withdrawn concessions for all categories of guests, except students, persons with disabilities and clients, to prevent non-essential travel.

Mentioning a health advisory issued to control the spread of COVID-19, the trains said as a special case, no concessional basic and computerised booking tickets