Why Konkan Special Trains are failing to receive good response?
August 17, 2020
128
5
3.91%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Mirror Now Episodes Around August 17, 2020
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
3:14Now PlayingWhy Konkan Special Trains are failing to receive good response?
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelAfter state government finally allowed railways to run Konkan special trains, railways have failed to receive a good response to these trains.
CR is running 162 special trains to Konkan. Bookings of the trains started from August 15.
Data accessed by Mirror Now shows that occupancy of these trains for this week has not even reached 10 per cent
Occupancy of these trains is between 1 per cent to 9 per cent
Since Covid -19 pandemic, Ganesh Chaturthi is the first such critical festival in Maharashtra that sees large scale movement of people to their native. Every year, there is a huge rush of people going to Konkan in these trains. For the first time ever, trains are hardly filling.
WHY LOW DEMAND FOR KONKAN SPECIAL TRAINS?
- Bookings of the trains have started from August 15 and the first train left on the same night. If passengers have left in the first train itself, they would require to quarantine themselves for 7-10 days which makes them spend their entire festival restricted to their homes
- Till August 12, more than 11000 passengers were carried in State transport buses to Konkan. Others went using their personal vehicles. A major share of devotees has already left for Konkan
- Starting August 12, Covid test compulsory for passengers before boarding a bus from Mumbai to Konkan. This has further dissuaded many from going there.
SUBSCRIBE NOW for more such videos ►
For More Updates ►
Like us on Facebook ►
Follow us on Twitter ►
Follow us on Instagram ►
Links & Promotions
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.