Hoping to get lives back on track, many board trains to Delhi, Mumbai

LUCKNOW: Malik Majumdar, an adhoc employee in a company in Mumbai, came home in March for a 15-day vacation, but got stuck due to lockdown. He was delighted when company’s human resource recently e-mailed him to report for a meeting. He booked ticket in Pushpak Express as soon as railways announced partial resumption of services.

Like Malik, over 2300 passengers took three express trains -resumed by railways on Monday.About 583 boarded Gomti Express from Lucknow and 51 from Unnao. Similarly, 497 boarded Pushpak from Lucknow and 400 from Kanpur. Lucknow Mail carried about 830 from Lucknow.
Abdul Ghafur Khan, a hotel owner in Navi Mumbai, came to Lucknow to attend a funeral in March. "Resuming business will be an ardours task as most workers have left Mumbai. I will start afresh after completing post-travel quarantine period in Mumbai,” he said.
Jagtosh Shukla, senior DCM, NR, Lucknow division, said “All passengers were thermally scanned and asymptomatic ones were allowed to board with social distancing.”
“Tickets were checked through CCTV and sensor based sanitiser dispenser have been installed to avoid physical contact,” said Amber Pratap Singh, senior DCM, NER, Lucknow division.