Mumbai: After the announcement of Central Railway and Western Railway to run Mumbai local trains at 100 percent capacity of pre-pandemic level from October 28, Maharashtra Government has taken a big decision. have taken. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government of the state has issued an order. It has been said in this order that only people who are fully vaccinated will be allowed.
In a government notification, the State Disaster Management Authority has said that the mandatory requirement of thorough vaccination for travel in local trains as specified by the State Government is hereby extended to the essential services personnel as well as all government employees. Further, the Universal Pass which will be a mandatory requirement for the purpose of travel will henceforth be issued only to those citizens who fall under the above definition of a vaccinated person, irrespective of whether they are related to essential services or not.
Further, in respect of issuance of passes for train travel (local trains and passenger trains), any type of pass (monthly/quarterly/half-yearly, etc.) is permitted to be issued to those passengers who fall under the category of the vaccinated person.
After the ever-increasing rush in Mumbai local trains, the Railways has now decided to restore 100% services. Under this, Mumbai local trains will start operating at full capacity on the Western and Central lines. According to the Railways, complete services will be started from the coming Thursday. This will be the first time after the Corona epidemic that the Railways is going to restore 100% of services. Railways will restore 100 percent of its services after March 2020 due to the lockdown in the country.
The situation of Corona in Mumbai is now reading weak. Restrictions have been relaxed in the city since the unlock in Mumbai. With this, Mumbai local trains have started once again. This has brought relief to lakhs of people traveling daily in local trains. The Maharashtra government has allowed fully vaccinated people to travel in local trains. Since then, the number of passengers in the Mumbai local train has been continuously increasing, after which the Railways decided to restore 100% services. This decision of the Railways has also been welcomed by the people traveling daily in trains.
