Indian Railways: Due to Corona infection (COVID-19 pandemic), bedroll and linen etc. were not being made available in long distance trains for almost two years. But in the midst of the improving conditions due to Corona infection, it was announced by the Railways to provide all these things, giving great relief to the passengers.
But even after the announcement, many questions were being raised after this facility was not available in the trains. Now, taking a step in this direction, Northern Railway has restored curtain facility in 92 trains and linen services in 26 trains.
new Delhi. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic by Indian Railways, bedrolls and linens were not being made available in long distance trains for almost two years . But in the midst of the improving conditions due to Corona infection, it was announced by the Railways to provide all these things, giving great relief to the passengers. But even after the announcement, many questions were being raised after this facility was not available in the trains. Now, taking a step in this direction, Northern Railway has restored curtain facility in 92 trains and linen services in 26 trains.
According to Northern Railway spokesperson Deepak Kumar, the railways had removed linen services from trains only to prevent the spread of the epidemic during the widespread impact of the corona epidemic . In order to resume linen services in trains, Northern Railway has so far restored curtain facility in 92 trains and linen services in 26 trains.
Meanwhile, in order to restart the washing laundry and linen delivery services, which have been closed for a long time, Northern Railway has made all the resources for the restoration of linen / bedroll item washing laundry and linen distribution services keeping in mind the available resources and time. have been installed. Further, the Stores Department has been advised to initiate the process of procuring the required quantity of linen/bedroll items. However, with the bedroll stock available at present, it is being restored in a phased manner. This is being provided along with the available bedroll stock.
A plan has been made to restore curtain and linen services in the remaining trains. Apart from this, linen services will also be restored in the remaining trains after the supplies are received from the vendors.
In these trains of Western Railway, blanket-sheets will be available from April 7,
Western Railway also from April 7 to August Kranti, Rajdhani Express and Central Railway’s Rajdhani, Vidarbha Express, Punjab Mail, LTT-Puri Express, These services will start only in Lucknow Express, Udyog Nagri and Habibganj Express, while dozens of trains from Mumbai go to other states every day.
