The Dhanbad Railway Division (DRD) has withdrawn stoppage of down Alleppey express at Katrashgarh Station from April 20 owing to the Covid situation.
The decision was taken by the division following reports of passengers leaving trains at Katrashgarh Station to avoid the ongoing Corona test at Dhanbad Station.
Now the train would be reaching Dhanbad direct from Bokaro.
In last one week, hundreds of passengers of not only of Dhanbad but also neighbouring districts left train at Katrashgarh and this was reported to both the DRM AND DC Dhanbad.
Taking action on the report the railways took the decision, according to a statement issued by PK Mishra division spokesman of DRD.
It is worth mentioning that the district administration has launched special Covid testing drive for passengers coming in from different states including Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh besides some southern states.
Every day the administration has been holding camp since last one month at Dhanbad Station in which a large number of When Health is stranded without Wealth- the Community should step inpositive patients are being detected.