MADURAI: Madurai MP Su Venkatesan has made a representation in person to minister for railways Ashwini Vaishnaw to restore the 53 different types of concession for passengers in trains that were withdrawn last year.
“The minister informed me that a decision would soon be taken on my request to restore the concessions,” the MP said.
Venkatesan said restoration of most of the trains that were cancelled citing Covid-19 shows good signs of the improving situation. But the continued withdrawal of 53 concessions given to almost 21.75 crore passengers, except in the case of railway employees, is affecting the common passenger. According to a comptroller and auditor general (CAG) report, only 11.45% of the reserved passengers avail concessions.
