As Shramik Special trains ‘stray’, Railways notifies ‘route rationalisation’ to explain diversions -Avishek G Dastidar


-The Indian Express The diversions have been done so that trains are not held up at one place for hours without water and food, a senior Railways official told The Indian Express. With diversion of Shramik Special trains to navigate network congestion blowing up into a controversy, even as delayed running of these trains and shortage of food and water on board continue to plague the Railways, the national transporter has officially notified the alternative or diverted paths and called it route “rationalisation”. The diversions have been done so that trains are not held up at one place for hours without water and food, a senior Railways official told The Indian Express. A train, this officer emphasised to reject the criticism, “never gets lost”. Please click here to read more. |
The Indian Express, 27 May, 2020, https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-india-lockdown-as-shramik-spls-stray-rlys-notifies-route-rationalisation-to-explain-diversions-6428782/
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