Need more trains, say passengers
ON MONDAY, the second day after local railway services resumed in Bengal, the mandatory Covid-19 protocols again went for a toss, with several passengers also demanding that the frequency of trains be increased to avoid the rush. Maintaining social distancing norms inside compartments on the first working day after resumption of services proved a challenge for the railways.
Railway police personnel and other officials were seen making futile attempts to control the surge of passengers at the stations, mainly in the Sealdah and Howrah divisions.
In Howrah-Kharagpur section of the South Eastern Railway, trains were relatively less congested.
