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Railways to forgo Rs 1,490 cr for cancellation of 9.4 mn ticket bookings

Another amount of Rs 660 crore will be returned for around 3.9 million bookings made for travel between April 15 and May 3, they said

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India went under a total shutdown of 21 days from March 25 to April 14. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced extending the lockdown till May 3.

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Indian Railways will forgo around Rs 1,490 crore in revenue, refunding the amount for cancelling 9.4 million ticket bookings made by passengers before India was locked down to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Top Railways officials told PTI that an amount of Rs 830 crore will be refunded for 5.5 million bookings made for travel between March 22 and April 14. The Railways had largely suspended its passenger train services on March 22, three days before the 21-day lockdown came into force.

Another amount of Rs 660 crore will be returned for around 3.9 million bookings made for travel between