On Thursday, the Railway Ministry clarified that the Railways had never stopped reservations for post-lockdown period.
Taking to Twitter, Ministry of Railways wrote: "Certain media reports have claimed that Railways has started reservation for post-lockdown period. It is to clarify that reservation for journeys post 14th April was never stopped and is not related to any new announcement."
CPRO Ravinder Bhakar clarified that only reservations for journeys post 14th April 2020 was never stopped, and it’s not related to any new announcement. He also stated that journeys from 15th April 2020 were already on, and passengers shouldn’t be confused by any such media reports.
Amid rise in number of coronavirus cases, the Indian Railways had suspended all its train operations, including passenger and local trains.
The world is fighting the deadly novel coronavirus and several countries are grappling with the rising number of COVID-19 cases. In order to contain the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a nation-wide lockdown till April 14.
On Thursday, the total number of coronavirus cases in India reached to 1966. Of this, 1764 people are presently suffering from the COVID-19 disease, 150 people have recovered and discharged from the hospitals, one person migrated while 50 deaths have been reported so far. There are at least 51 foreign nationals and 1915 Indian nationals among the total number of cases reported in the country.
(Inputs from Agencies)
