Indian Railways

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced several measures for checking the spread of COVID-19, but added that there won’t be total lockdown. After holding a meeting…

Local trains resumed services from Wednesday.

West Bengal is not part of the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan.

Mamata Banerjee reacted a day after Amit Shah alleged she had called the trains Corona Express.

There is no social distancing in trains, she said.

9,256 tests were done during the day.

Bengal is reeling under the impact of Amphan and wants the process to be staggered.

The trains will bring back thousands of people from Bengal who are stranded in various parts of the country due to the lockdown.

15 special trains have started across India connecting cities in 14 states.

Passengers will be screened before boarding the trains.