The Indian Railway Ministry has denied the reports that appeared on social media that Railways is going to cancel its trains which are currently operational from 31 March 2021 is purely misleading and not based on facts. “Wrong news clips are being circulated in social media. All may please be informed that the video being circulated is last year’s news being peddled today,” said Railway Ministry.

 

The Ministry said in its statement, “Kindly refer to some news report in social media that Railways is going to cancel its trains which are currently operational from 31st March 2021 is purely misleading and not based on facts. Wrong news clips are being circulated in social media.  All may please be informed that the video being circulated is last year’s news being peddled today.”

 

“Indian Railways has not made any such announcement. It may be noted that express trains and suburban trains currently operational as special trains will continue to run. It is also requested that the passengers may follow covid protocol while traveling,” it said further.

Meanwhile, the Indian Railways has rendered yeoman service during the coronavirus pandemic by transporting 43 lakh migrant labourers, distributing two crore free food packets and making available several hundred coaches to be used as healthcare centres, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ram Kripal Yadav said earlier in the day.

Initiating the debate on Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Railways, Yadav said the Indian Railways has been completely changed into a dynamic development-oriented organisation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past several years.

He said that during the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), the railways has offered over 200 coaches to be used as healthcare centres, 43 lakh migrant labours were transported through hundreds of special trains, two crore free food packets were distributed while 55,000 litres of drinking water have also been given to the poor.

 

The BJP MP from Bihar said priority has been given to northeastern states and states like West Bengal and Kerala, ruled by opposition parties.

There has been no discrimination against any state during the Modi government, he said.

Referring to the Modern Coach Factory in Raebareli, he said it was established during the UPA rule but “had not produced even a single railway coach” till the NDA government came.

Since the NDA government came to power, production has started and so far 1,500 coaches have been built and some of them exported abroad, he said.