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Railways make available 70,000 isolation beds in more than 4400 COVID Care Coaches

<span style="color: #222222;">Indian Railways has made available 70 thousand isolation beds in more than four thousand 400 COVID Care Coaches. These Isolation Coaches can be easily moved and positioned at places of demand on the Indian Railways network. The Ministry of Railways in a statement said that quick memorandum agreement of shared responsibilities and rapid action plans are being worked out by Railways with the respective District Authorities.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry said, as per States' demand, 232 coaches have been handed over to various states for COVID care with a bed-capacity of more than four thousand beds. The latest demand came from  Gujarat, wherein the Railways have deployed 10 coaches for Sabarmati and 6 coaches for Chandoliya. In Delhi, the Railway has catered to the full demand of State Governments' demand for 75 COVID Care coaches with a capacity of 1200 beds. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Fifty coaches are positioned at Shakurbasti and 25 Coaches at Anand Vihar stations. The Ministry said, in Uttar Pradesh, though coaches have not yet been requisitioned by the State Government, 10 coaches each are placed at Faizabad, Bhadohi, Varanasi, Bareli and Nazibabad totalling to a capacity of 800 beds in 50 coaches.</span><br />''  <br />

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