Check out Indian Railways COVID-19 quarantine coaches at Anand Vihar Station, Delhi
Coronavirus in India: Chairman Railway Board, VK Yadav visited Indian Railways Anand Vihar Station, where 267 coaches converted into Isolation wards for Covid-19 patients have been placed. Yadav went around the premises and inspected the rakes. He also took stock of the facilities provided in the coaches for housing very mild to mild Covid 19 patients.
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24X7 Railway control room service
Railways has set up a control room which will be manned 24x7. Sanitizing and cleaning of platforms, water and electricity with a 100% electric backup is available at the station. The top of the coaches are being covered with a canopy and the windows have been provided with mosquito mesh. This will help in cross ventilation of the coaches. Photo: Reuters