Amid the increasing Covid-19 infections and deaths in Delhi, the Maharashtra Government on Friday appeared to be pushing for suspension of train and air transport services between Mumbai and the national Capital.
With the fear of Covid-19 wave gripping New Delhi where the number of infections and deaths has increased alarmingly in the recent days, informed sources in the Maharashtra Government said that the Uddhav Thackeray dispensation was considering seriously taking up the matter with the Centre to suspend train and air services between Mumbai and Delhi.
Talking to media persons here, State Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar indicated that the State Government was considering suspension of air and train services between Mumbai.
“No decision has been taken in this regard. We are discussing the issue as of now. If we are to suspend the air and train services, we will have to first take permission from the Civil Aviation and Railway Ministries. We can think of suspension of train and air services between Mumbai and Delhi only after talking to the officials of the two Ministries,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Railway clarified that the Railways has not taken any decision regarding the cancellation of trains between Mumbai and Delhi in view of the increasing infections and deaths in the national Capital.
“There have been reports in a section of the media today about cancellation of certain trains in the Delhi Mumbai sector,” the Ministry of Railways said in a tweet put out in the evening.