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Coronavirus: Railways converting 312 coaches into isolation wards
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hubballi (Karnataka) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): In a bid to increase the country's capacity for isolation facilities, the Railways is converting sleeper class coaches into isolation wards by modifying the coaches to make them suitable to act as quarantine hubs.
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Northern Railway's Delhi Division distributes food among needy amid nation
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Amid the nationwide lockdown, the Railway Police Force (RPF) personnel of Northern Railway's Delhi Division distributed 2500 meals free of cost to the poor and needy at New Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi Safdarjung, Mandawali, Ghaziabad and Shakurbasti railw
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South Western Railway gearing to convert 300 coaches into isolation wards
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hubballi (Karnataka) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): In a bid to increase the country's capacity for isolation facilities, the Railways is converting sleeper class coaches into isolation wards by modifying the coaches as per prototype issued by Railway Board to make them suitable to act as quarantine
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Railways ready to modify 20,000 coaches to accommodate 3.2 lakh beds for i
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): To help the government in its effort to contain the spread of coronavirus, Indian Railways said it would be prepared 20,000 coaches which can accommodate up to 3.2 lakh beds for isolation needs.
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COVID-19: More than 6500 hospital beds of Railways to be made available as
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): To prevent the spread of coronavirus, Indian Railways is making an all out effort to supplement the health care efforts of the Central government. The Railways has modified passenger coaches as isolation coaches and equipped the existing Railway hospitals to
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COVID-19: Railways to supply uninterrupted coal to power plants
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): East Coast Railway has decided to ensure uninterrupted supply of coal to different power houses across the country during the lockdown along with foodgrains, petroleum products and other essential commodities.
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Indian Railways employees to contribute one day salary to combat COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways has pledged to contribute one day's salary of all railway employees to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's PM-CARES Fund to combat coronavirus.
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COVID-19: NF Railway starts converting train coaches into isolation wards
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): The Indian Railways is converting train coaches into isolation wards to prepare for a fight against coronavirus to meet the increasing demand for beds.
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Combating COVID-19: Eastern Railway runs 'Arjun' train for medical staff
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): A special train 'Arjun' has been started in West Bengal for the employees of health services and other staff of Indian Railways to maintain emergency services of the railway in view of coronavirus pandemic in the country.
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Coronaviru: Train coaches being prepared to be used as isolation wards in
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): To meet any emergency during the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Railways is turning some of the coaches into isolation wards to be used in an emergency.
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Railways coverts coaches into isolation wards for COVID-19 patients
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Indian Railways on Saturday announced that one of its prototypes has been converted into an isolation ward on a trail basis in view of the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
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Railways make functional 2 helplines during COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): The Indian Railways has made functional two 24 hour helplines -- 138 and 139 -- to answer inquiries, provide assistance and also take suggestions during the 21-day lockdown due to COVID-19.
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