Booking Of Reserved Train Tickets Never Stopped Except Lockdown Period: Ministry Of Railways
Mumbai: Denying some media reports, the Railway Ministry on Thursday clarified that the reservation for the April 14 trip was never stopped except for the lockdown period.
The Railway Ministry issued an explanation saying, “Some media reports have claimed that the Railways have started reservation for the post-lockdown period. It is clarified that booking of reserved train tickets never stopped except for the lockdown period i.e March 24 to April 14.”
Since the period of advance reservation for taking reserved tickets is 120 days, the ticket booking was done before April 15 and the lockdown period thereafter.
In another development, to help the government in its effort to curb the spread of coronavirus, the Indian Railways had earlier said it would produce 20,000 coaches that could accommodate up to 3.2 lakh beds for isolation needs.
The total number of COVID-19 positive cases on Thursday rose to 1965 in India, including 1764 active cases, 151 cured/discharged/migrated people and 50 deaths, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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