New Delhi: With coronavirus cases in India crossing the 130 mark, the Railways has geared up to minimise the spread of the outbreak by undertaking multiple measures for prevention of COVID 19 infection. According to the Ministry of Railways, railway medical wing and divisional railway managers have been directed to ensure that adequate prevention measures are put in place across all zones of the railways. While talking to NDTV about the efforts being taken up to contain the pandemic, an official from Northern Railways said,
It is being ensured that adequate prevention measures are put in place across the Indian Railway system. We are going through a critical time and it is necessary that each one of us come together to tackle this pandemic. We have sensitized and educated our staff about coronavirus. We have also put posters at prominent spots and are playing audio and video clips in the station and the trains to raise awareness about the outbreak among the passengers.
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Always clean your hands with soap & water and use alcohol based hand sanitizer. #NoToCorona pic.twitter.com/j69E0Ro7AY
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) March 14, 2020
Avoid touching your nose, eyes and mouth.
Keep your hands clean & use soap or alcohol based hand sanitizer to wash hands at regular intervals. Take precautions to protect yourself from #CoronaVirus pic.twitter.com/a9a04QpIEw
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) March 14, 2020
The official further said that hygiene and cleanliness in the station and inside trains are being given utmost importance and the trains and interiors of coaches are being thoroughly sanitised and cleaned regularly.
Ministry of Railways has also shared,
With a view to stop possibility of spread of germs, coaches of suburban trains are being disinfected from time to time with a disinfectant.
With a view to stop possibility of spread of germs, coaches of suburban trains are being disinfected from time to time with a disinfectant. pic.twitter.com/teMF8vjqNn
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) March 16, 2020
LET US DEFEAT COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/p7BZvVzNQY
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) March 16, 2020
Coronavirus से बचाव के लिये मथुरा स्टेशन पर ऑफिस, वेटिंग रूम सहित इंफेक्शन की सभी संभावित जगहों को सेनिटाइज़ किया जा रहा है।
मेरी सभी से अपील है कि संक्रमण से बचाव के लिये अनावश्यक यात्रा करने से बचे, भीड़ वाले स्थानों से दूर रहे, सफाई व स्वच्छता का ध्यान रखें #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/HQE3byULJy
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) March 17, 2020
Recently, Minister of Railways and Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal shared via his twitter account that thermal screening of passengers is being carried out and help desks are being set up for the passengers to help them get the right information about coronavirus outbreak.
नई दिल्ली रेलवे स्टेशन पर थर्मल स्क्रीनिंग द्वारा #CoronaVirus के लक्षणों की जांच, बचाव और जानकारी के लिए Help Desk की शुरुआत की गई है।
हम सभी मिलकर व आवश्यक सावधानी अपना कर इस संकट से मुक्ति पा सकते हैं। सावधानी बरतें, अफवाहों पर ध्यान ना दें। pic.twitter.com/9SBYAyQjTZ
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) March 17, 2020
Mr. Goyal also said that railways have started educating and alerting passengers inside trains in Thiruvananthapuram division along with screening them to effectively curb the spread of novel coronavirus.
Stay Alert, Stay Safe: Railways has started educating & alerting passengers inside trains in Thiruvananthapuram division along with screening them to effectively curb the spread of novel #Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/FenVScoX82
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) March 16, 2020
#COVID19 information centre starts functioning with voluntary Infrared thermometer check at CSMT, Thane, Dadar and Kalyan railway stations. pic.twitter.com/cW8Q4OodO1
— Central Railway (@Central_Railway) March 17, 2020
Apart from sanitising trains and stations and thermal screening the passengers, the Central Railway wing of Indian Railways has also announced an increase in the price of platform ticket from Rs. 10 to Rs. 50 in order to discourage people from crowding at stations and platforms.
#COVOD19 preventive measures.
Central Railway on its Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Bhusaval and Solapur divisions increased the platform ticket from ₹10/- to ₹50/- till further advice.#BeAlert @RailMinIndia @drmmumbaicr @BhusavalDivn @drmcrngp @DrmSolapur @drmpune— Central Railway (@Central_Railway) March 17, 2020
Indian Railways which, as per the Ministry of Railways, ferries more than 20 million passengers per day, has also taken steps like withdrawing the facility of providing curtains, blankets and bedsheets in AC coaches so that it doesn’t become the breeding ground of the virus. Railways has also dedicated over 1,000 beds in Railway hospitals for treating suspected coronavirus cases and more than12,000 beds for quarantining them at different locations, as per the Ministry of Railways.
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