Railways this evening cancelled all passenger trains from midnight Saturday to 10 pm Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a "janata curfew". BJP leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has gone into self-isolation, with her son Dushyant Singh, after singer Kanika Kapoor tested positive for the virus. Meanwhile the number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the country jumped past 240, with at least 50 cases reported today alone. This marks the largest single-day jump in the outbreak. At least four deaths have been linked to the virus. The Health Ministry has urged people to follow PM Modi's curfew call. In response to the spread of the virus, the centre has shut borders to international flights and suspended incoming visas, while states have closed public spaces and asked people to work from home.
No passenger train will originate from any railway station in the country from midnight to 10 pm on Sunday in view of the "Janata curfew" announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a railway order issued on Friday.
"All passenger trains originating between midnight of March 21/March 22 to 22:00 hours of March 22 (approximately 2,400 services) shall not be run. However, the passenger train services already on run at 0700 hours on the day will be allowed to run to the destinations. Divisions should keep a watch and trains which are empty could be short terminated, if required," the railway order said.
The Noida-Greater Noida Metro will not operate on March 22 in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a 'Janta Curfew' to check the spread of coronavirus, the Noida Metro Rail Corporation said on Friday.
Delhi Metro, too, has decided to close its services on Sunday as part of PM Narendra Modi's Janata Curfew move.
Madhya Pradesh on Friday recorded its first cases of coronavirus with four persons testing positive in the state's Jabalpur city. Three members of a family who had returned from Dubai and another person who returned from Germany were found to have contracted the infection.
All four had returned to India two days ago.
Himachal Pradesh also confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus from Kangra district on Friday. A 32-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman from different areas in Shahpur have been found suffering from coronavirus.
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