East Singhbhum district administration on Sunday sought the help of Chakradharpur railway division to provide railway cops for carrying out Covid-19 test of incoming passengers at the Tatanagar station.
East Singhbhum deputy commissioner, Suraj Kumar prompted to write to DRM, Chakradharpur, VK Sahu, following one passenger testing positive in each of the past three consecutive days till Saturday.
Speaking about the help sought by the administration, district civil surgeon, AK Lal said that a health department team which carries out Covid test of the incoming passengers at platform No 1 in the Tatanagar station round-the-clock hardly succeeds to subject to each and every passenger who gets down from a train at the station.
