Recently, the Maharashtra Government announced multiple relaxations in the coronavirus restrictions across the state. The Uddhav Thackeray-led government released new SOPs which will come into effect on August 15.
The latest guidelines brought a major relief to the Mumbaikars as local train services, which is Mumbai's lifeline, will also resume for fully vaccinated individuals. However, a penalty of INR 500 and further action will be taken against non-vaccinated travellers.
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Accordingly, Mumbai Live conducted a poll on its Twitter handle asking Mumbaikars, “Whom would they give credit for the resumption of local train services for all in Mumbai?”
#MumbaiLivePoll : Whom would you give credit for the resumption of local train services for all in Mumbai? @BJP4Maharashtra @mnsadhikrut @RajThackeray @CMOMaharashtra #MumbaiLocalTrains @WesternRly @Central_Railway @wc_railway #Lockdown
— Mumbai Live (@MumbaiLiveNews) August 11, 2021
It comes as no surprise that the majority of the citizens have given their due to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government for making a landmark decision and allowing the fully vaccinated commuters to travel via local trains.
Meanwhile, there are a few citizens who have been waiting for the state government to resume local train services for general unvaccinated passengers.
Considering the fear of anticipated third wave of coronavirus and delta plus variant cases, it seems unlikely for the government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to ease movement restrictions on the unvaccinated population.
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In addition, on Thursday, August 12, the Maharashtra government launched a virtual e-pass program that enables those who are fully vaccinated to use the local train services.
According to the BMC, the Universal Travel Pass program enables citizens to procure the e-pass with ease. The link developed by the government, through which one can access the said facility is https://epassmsdma.mahait.org.
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