Rise in cases likely to hit restoration of rail services

Our Correspondent

Abohar, February 27

The Railways may not go ahead with its programme to restore local trains from April 1 due to the sudden increase in Covid-19 cases in some states.

North-West Railway General Manager Anand Prakash, who arrived for inspection in Sriganganagar after visiting Bathinda in a special train, said due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Railways had suffered a revenue loss of Rs 50,000 crore since March-end last year.

Agreeing that withdrawal of coaches earmarked for Chandigarh from the Barmer-Bathinda-Kalka Link Express caused inconvenience to passengers in Punjab and Rajasthan, he said a plan to launch a new train for Chandigarh was under active consideration.