Amid the surge of COVID-19 cases in India, the railways have to suffer once again. The passenger numbers are falling out due to lockdown-like situation in every part on nation. Lately, Eastern Railways on Tuesday cancelled at least 10 special trains on the routes till further notice due to “poor patronisation”.
Last month, the Eastern Railway had cancelled 16 trains operating on the routes between Howrah, Ranchi, Dhanbad, Kolkata and others. As per the press note by Eastern Railway, Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri Special will remain cancelled from May 20, New Jalpaiguri-Sealdah Special from May 21, Sealdah-Puri Special from May 9, Puri-Sealdah Special and Kolkata-Haldibari Special from May 20.
Here is list of trains cancelled recently:
02343: Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri Special to be cancelled from May 20.
02344: New Jalpaiguri-Sealdah Special to be cancelled from May 21.
02201: Sealdah-Puri Special cancelled from May 19.
02202: Puri-Sealdah Special cancelled from May 20.
02261: Kolkata-Haldibari Special cancelled from May 20
02262: Haldibari-Kolkata Special cancelled from May 21.
03181: Kolkata-Silghat Special cancelled from May 24.
03182: Silghat-Kolkata Special cancelled from May 25.
03063: Howrah-Balughat Special cancelled from May 19.
03064: Balughat-Howrah Special cancelled from May 19.
Meanwhile, the nation tries to cope up with the second wave of coronavirus. India reported a total of 263533 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, the second consecutive day when cases have come below the 3-lakh mark for India. While the active cases show positive results, the daily death still remains on the rise.
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