COVID-19: Railways offers new Vadodara training institute as quarantine centre

The Railways has identified the new hostel building of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project training institute in Vadodara, Gujarat, for creating a backup quarantine centre, the national transporter said on Thursday.

The Railways, which is also planning to manufacture essential medical items in its production units, is exploring other ways to lend a helping hand to the Centre in its fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The new railway training institute has 168 rooms with 334 beds and 12 big common rooms.