Amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic crisis, the Indian Railways on Thursday said that it has cancelled 84 pairs of trains, taking the total number of train cancelled to 155 pairs to contain the spread of the pandemic.
A senior railway ministry official said here that the decision was taken in view of the increase in number of COVID-19 patients in India, that has touched 166 on Thursday, with 15 new cases across the country.
The official said that as a precautionary measure to COVID-19, Indian Railways has cancelled 84 pairs of low occupancy trains having journey commencing dates from March 20 to 31.