Maharashtra Coronavirus Live Updates: With one-third passenger capacity, metro services to restart this week

Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus News Live Updates: The state's COVID-19 tally on Saturday increased to 15,86,321 with 10,259 new cases.

Maharashtra Coronavirus News Live Updates: Mumbai’s metro services, set to restart this week will have only one-third of the passenger traffic and the number of trains will be reduced to half of the pre-covid levels. The cut in services, passengers and operational timings are implemented to ensure passenger safety and other Covid prevention measures. Only 200 services will run as compared to 400 services earlier. Similarly against 1,350 people per service earlier, now the train will carry only 360 people.

With all Covid-10 safety measures in place, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Saturday said that gymnasiums and fitness centres in the state will be allowed to reopen from Dussehra(October 25). “Gymnasiums and fitness centres are for the welfare of citizens, so care should be taken to ensure that there is no virus spread. The SoPs should be strictly followed,” he said.

Maharashtra’s COVID-19 tally on Saturday increased to 15,86,321 with 10,259 new cases. The state also reported 250 deaths, taking its death toll to 41,965, he said. A total of 14,238 patients were discharged after treatment, taking the tally of recovered people to 13,58,606. There are 1,85,270 active patients in the state now.

 

The metro services that are set to restart this week will have only one-third of the passenger traffic and the number of trains will be reduced to half of the pre-covid levels. The cut in services, passengers and operational timings are implemented to ensure passenger safety and other Covid prevention measures. Only 200 services will run as compared to 400 services earlier. Similarly against 1,350 people per service earlier, now the train will carry only 360 people.

Earlier this week, the Maharashtra government had allowed Metro services in the financial capital to resume from October 15, but the company decided to start it from Monday after finishing all the safety runs.

Other measures in place

  • Temperatures inside the coaches will be maintained between 25-27 degree Celsius
  • The use of digital tickets, smart cards would be encouraged
  • No plastic tokens will be issued
  • Regular disinfection at all stations and in all coaches

The Monorail service between Chembur and Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk is set to resume operations from Sunday, a day ahead of the Metro 1 from Versova to Ghatkopar that will resume on Monday.

As the city unlocks, the Central Railway (CR) that started operations for essential services workers in July will add an additional 225 daily suburban train services, a move aimed at easing commuters’ crowding woes. The city reported 1,791 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday.(Read Neeraj Tiwari's report here)

Pune district reported 946 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 3,13,645, while the death toll increased by 42 to touch 7,418, an official said on Saturday. A total of 860 people were discharged during the day, he added. (PTI)

To manage heavy passenger traffic in the upcoming festive season, the Western Railway has announced that it will run 12 special trains that would be operated on various routes during the time of Dussehra and Diwali . Of these 12 pairs of special trains, five pairs will run from Bandra Terminus, two pairs each from Indore and Udhna and one pair each from Okha, Porbandar and Gandhidham stations, the WR said in a release on Friday. All the trains will run as special trains on special fare.

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