: Maharashtra government allows single journey tickets for travel in Mumbai local trains #IndiaNEWS The Maharashtra government has allowed the Railways to issue single and return journey tickets to passengers

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Maharashtra government allows single journey tickets for travel in Mumbai local trains #IndiaNEWS
The Maharashtra government has allowed the Railways to issue single and return journey tickets to passengers for travel in Mumbai suburban trains, The Indian Express reported.Earlier, only people working in essential services could obtain single and return journey tickets, while other passengers needed to get monthly, quarterly or half-yearly passes.However, an order by Aseem Gupta, principal secretary of Disaster Management, said that only fully vaccinated persons should be allowed to travel on local trains, irrespective of whether they are engaged in essential services or not.Fully vaccinated people can now buy single or return journey ticket of Mumbai local train. Earlier the state government had made it mandatory for all to buy only monthly passes for traveling in Mumbai suburban railways. @Central_Railway @WesternRly @ShivajiIRTS @mumbairailusers pic.twitter.com/BTgqk7x28k— Vallabh Ozarkar (@OzarkarVallabh) October 31, 2021 The Central and Western Railways will soon issue directives to ticketing authorities on the matter. Sumit Thakur, the Chief Public Relations Officer of the Western Railways, told The Indian Express that authorities will begin issuing daily tickets from Sunday itself.The state government stated that it took the decision after the Railways noted that a lot people had been travelling without tickets. “...As a result of this, the railways are facing huge losses in their revenue and also it is more dangerous from a point of view...Read more

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