Government to the public: Avoid travel in the present situation!
Posted on: 18/Mar/2020 5:53:15 PM
The Government has appealed to the citizens to avoid unnecessary travel. As such, there has been a substantial reduction in rain passengers!
In the Chennai Division functioning under Southern Railway, the passenger strength is done by 26% in the last 3 days! The cancellation of reserved tickets has increased by 45%!
In Chennai Railway Division alone, the number of cancellations of the booked tickets has shot up by 33%!
Further, it has also to be noted that the central government has cancelled certain train services as a preventive measure against coronavirus spread.
Due to the coronavirus panic, over 85 train services have been cancelled throughout the country. As the strength of the passengers is low, train services are being cancelled.
In Tamil Nadu, Southern Railway has cancelled 10 train services.
The Railway has announced that the special trains Ernakulam-Velankanni and Velankanni-Ernakulam scheduled on 21st and 22nd March have been cancelled.
