Amid a rise in coronavirus cases, the Western Railway has decided to make compulsory for government employees to carry QR code passes from July 20.
According to a report by Mid-Day, the essential services workers will have to get the passes from their respective offices and show them while entering railway stations. Meanwhile, the Central Railway is yet to take a decision.
As per the report, state government and the BMC, in association with the Mumbai police, have been working on preparing QR code passes to be given out to essential services workers. Officials told the leading daily that these QR code passes will be in sync with the ID cards of employees for easier identification.
Meanwhile, in a first for Indian Railways, the Western Railway (WR) has teamed up with BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to deploy drones to step up cleanliness and hygiene in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic coupled with risks of monsoon illness.
WR Chief Spokesperson Sumit Thakur told PTI that keeping pace with modern technology, drones are keeping tabs on the sprawling 144-year-old Lower Parel Workshop, for vectors and other pests in difficult areas or those beyond human reach.
"Some areas cannot be accessed physically or even visually, but drones help us to reach there and now we can keep serious diseases like mosquito, dengue, etc, at bay, thus providing a safe and healthy working environment for the staff," said Thakur.
