Indian Railways is ready to provide COVID care centres to various states authorities. The transformed train coaches consist of 10 coaches with a patient capacity of 16.
Till now, Indian Railways has modified a total of 5231 coaches as COVID Care centres.
Book TrainsAs per guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), few state governments have requested Indian Railways for these coaches. The national transporter has allocated the same to respective States and UTs.
Uttar Pradesh has finalised 24 stations for deployment, Telangana has asked for the coaches in three locations namely Secunderabad, Kachiguda and Adilabad.
The first of these COVID care centres were set up at Shakur Basti railway station in New Delhi on May 31. It consisted of 10 non-AC coaches with 160 beds. Three additional AC coaches were also deployed for the healthcare staff.
Indian Railways geared up to provide COVID Care Centers to State Authorities. Trains with unit composition of 10 coaches, with patient capacity of 16 per coach have been made ready. A total of 5231 coaches were modified to be used as Covid Care Center.
https://t.co/pqAGEiaHCp pic.twitter.com/JmqgsZ0oYn— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) June 11, 2020
Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal tweeted, ‘Railways has geared up to provide COVID Care Centers to States across the country.’
Railways has geared up to provide COVID Care Centers to States across the country 🛏
🔹 UP has finalised 24 stations for deployment.
🔹 Telangana has requested coaches in 3 locations
🔹 10 coaches have been requisitioned in Delhi📖 https://t.co/OjjHnTybj8 pic.twitter.com/Vjv3zWtkyp
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) June 11, 2020
Indian Railways is doing a commendable job in providing the states with health and infrastructure to fight coronavirus.
