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    Over 900 rail coaches deployed for Covid-19 patients in five states, more demand coming in from States: Officials

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    In Delhi, 503 COVID Care coaches have been deployed at nine locations-- 50 at Shakurbasti, 267 at Anand Vihar, 21 at Delhi Safdarjung, 50 at Delhi Sarai Rohilla, 33 at Delhi Cantt, 30 at Adarsh Nagar, 13 at Delhi Shahdara, 13 at Tughlakabad and 26 at Patel Nagar.

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    The deployment in Delhi is way higher as compared to last week when the State authorities had asked for coaches to be deployed only at Shakurbasti.
    New Delhi: The Indian Railways has deployed 960 coaches meant to be used for Covid-19 infected patients across different States so far, with over 500 coaches deployed in Delhi alone. The national transporter has also received demand from Bihar and Telangana for these coaches.

    The Covid-care coaches have been deployed in five states as of Wednesday, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh Telangana and Madhya Pradesh, the railway ministry said in a statement.

    In Delhi, 503 COVID Care coaches have been deployed at nine locations-- 50 at Shakurbasti, 267 at Anand Vihar, 21 at Delhi Safdarjung, 50 at Delhi Sarai Rohilla, 33 at Delhi Cantt, 30 at Adarsh Nagar, 13 at Delhi Shahdara, 13 at Tughlakabad and 26 at Patel Nagar.

    Of the 500 plus coaches in Delhi, 317 were fully ready to admit patients, Northern Railways General Manager Rajiv Chaudhary said at a media briefing on Wednesday. “As per the information I have with me, there is demand for these coaches from Bihar and Telangana also,” Chaudhary said.

    The deployment in Delhi is way higher as compared to last week when the State authorities had asked for coaches to be deployed only at Shakurbasti.

    In Uttar Pradesh, total 372 Covid care coaches have been deployed at 23 different locations

    In Madhya Pradesh, total 5 Covid care coaches are deployed at Gwalior. In Andhra Pradesh, total 20 Covid care coaches are deployed at Vijayawada while in Telangana, a total of 60 Covid care coaches are deployed at 3 different locations i.e. Secunderabad, Kachguda and Adilabad.

    The Indian Railways is prepared to provide 5231 Covid Care Centers, which zonal Railways have converted to be used as quarantine facilities.

    The Coaches can be used for very mild cases that can be clinically assigned to the Covid Care centers as per guidelines issued by Ministry of health and family welfare and in areas where the State has exhausted the facilities and needs to augment capacities for isolation of both suspect and confirmed Covid cases.

    In March this year, 16 Zones of the Indian railways started converting 5,000 coaches into isolation units, while the Railway Board had asked zonal railways to ensure preparedness for around 20,000 coaches that can be used as Covid-care units.


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