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Mumbai Local Trains : How the common man in Mumbai is getting impacted

Earlier, the state government had earlier promised to resume the Mumbai suburban local services in the first week of the new year, there has been no clarification regarding the same.

Mumbai Local Trains : How the common man in Mumbai is getting impacted
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While things have gone slowly got back to normal in Maharashtra, Mumbai's local trains have not been started for everyone yet. So the general public is facing issues while travelling.

At present, only people working in essential services, select professionals and women are allowed to travel by train. The authorities were working on the proposal to allow the general public to travel by local train in phases soon after vaccination drive.

Lack of local train services has increased the trouble for people as they have to use other alternatives to travel which are not just time-consuming but also costly. Mumbai Local trains are used by millions on daily basis. It is not just the middle class but even people from upper-middle class and affluent families to depend on trains for their daily commute. While visiting APMC in Mumbai, Mathadi workers also expressed their trouble and grief.

The farmers and milk sellers in MMR are facing many difficulties due to less frequency of local trains, while those from Kasara-Asangaon-Titwala as well as Karjat-Badlapur-Ambernath have to travel by road to deliver milk from stables to urban areas early in the morning with 5-6 cans of 40 liters.

They also do not have a travel permit at present. As a result, this class has become largely unemployed as the alternative system is not able to provide such a cheap and fast service to the local markets and areas.

Earlier, the state government had earlier promised to resume the Mumbai suburban local services in the first week of the new year, there has been no clarification regarding the same.

Meanwhile, the question raised by the travellers and the passengers’ association is will the government allow the general public to commute only after the agitation or rail blockade?

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