New Delhi [Santosh Sharma]. Coronavirus: Coronavirus infection cases are increasing every day, including in Delhi-NCR. The number of patients in the country has crossed 1.5 lakh. Meanwhile, the central government has started air and train travel on a limited route, but the fact is that most Indians do not want to travel by air and rail for fear of Corona infection.
In the survey of the social media company Local Circle, 76 percent of Indians refused to travel at present for fear of Corona, while 90 percent people said to keep distance from rail travel. Only 21 per cent of people stranded or required during lockdown said that one or more members of their household could possibly take a flight in the coming days. At the same time, 10 percent people said to travel by rail in June.
Physical distance rules are not being followed in trains
It is seen that physical distance is not being followed properly even in trains. This has led to fear and confusion among the passengers. In connection with this, the local circle conducted a survey in the district of 212 in the country in the next 30 days regarding traveling by air and rail.
16 thousand people participated in the survey
It is being told that in the survey conducted from May 23 to 25, the opinion of 16 thousand people was taken. 76 percent of the people in question denied air travel. Only 10 percent said to book a plane ticket, while 11 percent spoke of air travel in the coming days. The same trend was found among those traveling by railway. Only 10 percent of the people agreed to the question of traveling in June.
GM of local circle Akshay Gupta said that the number of corona infected is increasing daily in the country. While there is a fear of corona. At the same time, different conditions of quarantine have been kept in different states for the limited number of airlines started. Due to this, hundreds of passengers had to face problems at IGI Airport on 25 May due to the non-commencement of the aircraft.