The central government would use RT-PCR app, developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Informatics Centre (NIC), to access data related to coronavirus cases in West Bengal

IRCTC Train Tickets Booking Online: These special trains would run on Rajdhani routes between national capital New Delhi and Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi. These special trains would also have some stoppages in select cities

The government on late Sunday evening announced resumption of booking for trains on special stations

Railways is also looking to start more special services on new routes based on availability after reserving 20,000 coaches for COVID-19 care centres and up to 300 Shramik Special trains every day

The movement of the passengers as well as the drivers of the vehicle transporting the passengers to and fro the railway station will be allowed on the basis of confirmed e-ticket

Booking for reservation in passenger trains will start from today at 4 pm. Online booking via IRCTC website or IRCTC mobile app, check new rules

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Since the Shramik Special train service started, Gujarat has remained one of the top originating stations followed by Kerala. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh top the list of receiving states

IRCTC Ticket Booking: The train reservation, which begins at 4 pm on May 11, will be available only on the IRCTC website

IRCTC Ticket Booking: Booking for reservation in these trains will start at 4 pm on May 11 and will be available only on the IRCTC website

Coronavirus Highlights: West Bengal recorded 153 fresh COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths in last 24 hours, its highest single-day deaths and spike in the number of new cases

According to a PTI report, all state governments except Maharashtra have been paying for the railway costs to ferry passengers to their native places

Shah said migrant workers from West Bengal are also eager to reach home and the central government is also facilitating the train services

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Delhi government is also in talks with Uttar Pradesh to run special trains for migrant workers from the state who wish to return, they added

Coronavirus lockdown live updates: India's 216 districts have reported no positive cases of COVID-19; 42 districts have reported no new case in the last 28 days, says Lav Agrawal, Health Ministry Joint Secretary

Coronavirus lockdown 3.0: Every special train has 24 coaches, each with a capacity of 72 seats. But the national transporter is allowing only 54 people in a coach to maintain social distancing norms by not allotting the middle berth to any passenger

Coronavirus lockdown live updates: AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Gulleria said on Thursday that the novel coronavirus cases will peak between June and July. He added the spike in cases will come due to more testing across states. India's total COVID-19 cases stand at 52,952 including 35,902 active cases, 15,266 cured, 1 migrated, and 1,783 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry

Coronavirus lockdown: Over 70,000 migrants have reached home in 76 Shramik Special trains, says RailwaysThe Ministry of Railways has said that over 70,000 migrants, who were stranded due to the countrywide lockdown have reached their homes safely via Sharamik Special trains. A total of 76 Shramik Special trains have carried over 70,000 migrants to their homes between May 1 to May 5, the railway ministry said. As many as 35 trains originated from Gujarat, followed with 13 from Kera...

These 24 coaches Shramik special trains, which have a capacity of 72 seats, is now reduced to 54 due to social distancing norms with the middle seat not being allotted to any passenger