 "Chief Minister E Palaniswami (above) says his government is closely MONITORING all new projects and will take steps to ensure they come on stream fast")
The Tamil Nadu government has asked the Ministry of Railways to allow operations of Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) and sub-urban trains in and around Chennai for the general public in order to help revive economic activity, which has been hit hard since the imposition of strict lockdowns to control Covid-19.
In a letter to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said the Southern Railway had resumed the operation of a number of inter-state and intra-state trains in Tamil Nadu now. Similarly, the state government had permitted public transport, including metro rail in Chennai, to help
