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More than 50 days after the passenger services got shut, news of just 15 return journeys being resumed by the Indian Railways led to a mad rush on the IRCTC website and tickets to major routes vanished within hours.
A Railways official said that “by 9.15 pm, approximately 30,000 PNRs had been generated and reservations issued to more than 54,000 passengers”. Only tickets till May 18 were available for booking. Before the lockdown, 700,000-900,000 tickets used to get booked daily on Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
Thousands wanting to travel out were kept waiting at the IRCTC website
