<span style="color: #222222;">In a relief to people during the lockdown, the Maharashtra government has decided to resume intra-district State Transport (ST) bus services, excluding in red zones and COVID-19 containment areas, from today (Friday) with certain conditions. Meanwhile, in an order, the railways said all the tickets of the special trains scheduled to run from June 1 within Maharashtra will be automatically cancelled and full refund will be provided to passengers<br />''<br />''The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) in a statement said the ST buses will be run at 50 per cent occupancy to meet social distancing norms and services will be available only for limited hours. Red zones and COVID-19 containment areas have been kept out of the routes of these buses. Since the past two months, MSRTC's bus operation has been restricted to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.<br />''<br />''Since the first week of May, the corporation has also ferried over two lakh migrants till Maharashtra's borders with other states and to various districts within the state. As for rising corona virus cases among the employees of local road transport bus service, BEST in Mumbai, 137 bus drivers and conductors involved in ferrying emergency and essential service staffers, have tested positive of which 8 are deaths and 65 patients have been treated.<br />''<br />''Indian Railways has decided booking/cancellation facility of &nbsp;reserved tickets shall also be available at post offices, Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra (YTSK) licensees etc. and through authorized agents of IRCTC. Besides this, computerized Passenger Reservation System(PRS) counters of Indian Railways would be available in railway premises/reservation centers and Common Service Centers (CSC) in Mumbai region at Churchgate, Mumbai Central and Vasai Road stations.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | May 22, 2020 8:33 AM
Maharashtra to resume intra-district bus services; red zones excluded