Mumbai: In Mumbai, there is an increase in the case of Corona, while the crowd in local trains is also increasing continuously. Hearing a petition on Wednesday, the Mumbai High Court said that only those taking both doses of the vaccine should be allowed to travel in local and other public transport. It is noteworthy that a petition was also filed for permission to travel in local citing their livelihood, on which the court justified the claim of the state government and said that only those who received both doses of the vaccine Traveling by local train will be allowed.
In the affidavit from the government, it was said that corona vaccine is easily available in the state. In the state, 79 crore people have completed the first dose of the vaccine while 4.95 crore people have completed both the doses. Mortality rate is also higher in Maharashtra as compared to other state. Here, for the last two-three days, an increase in the number of corona patients is being seen.
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More than 65 lakh local passengers
Before the Corona epidemic, about 80 lakh passengers were traveling daily between Central Railway and Western Railway. It was told that till December 20, 37 lakh 33 thousand passengers are traveling daily from Central Railway and 28 lakh 82 thousand passengers from Western Railway. Instructions have been given to strictly follow the masks and other covid protocols in the railways. Those who have not been vaccinated will not be allowed to use public transport, said the state government’s affidavit.