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Consensus, not confusion: on resumption of rail services

Consensus, not confusion: on resumption of rail services



May 12, 2020 00: 02 IST.

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May 11, 2020 23: 34 IST.



May 12, 2020 00: 02 IST.

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May 11, 2020 23: 34 IST.

Relief trains will greatly help stranded individuals, however States must have a common code for help.

The Centre’s move to run 15 sets of trains between New Delhi and major cities will act as a trial for additional relaxation of lockdown travel constraints. The brand-new trains are a lifeline for stranded people, although the plan has been created as a limited air-conditioned service for greater fare paying travellers. Thousands of migrant employees will continue to search for Shramik Unique trains to get home. There are numerous challenges to running trains when the transmission of the novel coronavirus is rising. Lots of States have severely limited the arrival of domestic tourists, however their efforts at managing entry by roadway through passes released online have been overwhelmed, and the pass system is ending up being inefficient; quarantine facilities have actually come under pressure and cases of migrants evaluating positive, as in Kerala, have contributed to their concerns. Telangana and a minimum of three other States do not favour resumption of traveler trains. Karnataka desires a compulsory 14- day institutional quarantine for travellers. While this highlights the high degree of care that numerous States want to adopt, it badly limits inter-State movement. Kerala, more reasonably, is asking those originating from other States by roadway, with permission, to house quarantine themselves, after in

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