The minister also said that bookings will also resume at counters at specific stations over the next two to three days
Nirmala Sitharaman tells Indivjal Dhasmana & Nivedita Mookerji that the government has made sure that mistakes committed during 2008-2013 are not repeated while announcing the Rs 20-trillion package.
The Railways informed that bookings will be completely online and shall commence in a few days time
Calling her stint as FM during the pandemic "the most challenging assignment yet", Sitharaman said she was not upset with the criticism that the recent stimulus package was too little
While issuing the revised SOP, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said for running 'Shramik' special trains, permission will be given by the Ministry of Railways in consultation with the MHA
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Rlys' traffic dropped 32% to 99.86 mt between April 1 and May 14, compared to the same period last year
Harbinder, 54, a farmer hailing from a border area in Punjab, said he has been walking for two days and has very little savings.
The special train from New Delhi to Bengaluru, (Train No. 02492) had arrived on Thursday morning at the KSR Bengaluru City railway station
Earlier, the Railways said that no waiting list tickets will be booked and passengers with confirmed tickets will be allowed to board the train
Shramik Special trains for migrants and fully-air conditioned special trains to continue operations
A full refund will be given to all passengers whose tickets have been cancelled
The application for the agreed refund of the balance amount of cancellation charge so deducted can be made through the post in the prescribed format (enclosed) within six months of the scheduled date
The railways has capped the waiting list on these trains -- up to 100 for AC 3 tier, 50 for AC 2 tier, 200 for Sleeper Class, 100 for chair cars, and 20 each for First AC and Executive Class
Many sustained on money sent by family for the last 50 days while some walked 5 hours to reach railway stations
On May 10, the Indian Railways said it will run 15 pairs of trains and that bookings for 15 passenger trains will start from Monday
On May 10, the Indian Railways said it will run 15 pairs of trains and that bookings for 15 passenger trains will start from Monday
The three Kerala railway stations where stringent screening is planned to be implemented are Kozhikode, Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram