Roof insulation for COVID-19 coaches in high temperature areas: RailwaysThe Railways has so far deployed 204 isolation coaches in four states. They will work as COVID-19 care centres. The Railways' isolation war...
15 Jun, 2020, 06.05 PM IST
Railways to use 60% of its converted isolation coaches lying idle to operate Shramik Special trainsOfficials said that since these coaches have been lying idle after being converted into isolation wards and were yet to be deployed, the ra...
22 May, 2020, 06.10 PM IST
Covid-19 task force for turning train coaches into wardsThe Indian Railways has already set up stationary isolation coaches, but the task force said it would not serve the desired purpose. The is...
13 Apr, 2020, 07.30 AM IST
Railways converts 5000 coaches into isolation wards for Covid-19 patients, awaits govt direction on deploymentThe railways has set a target of converting 20,000 coaches to counter the pandemic, of which 5,000 coaches with 80,000 beds are ready to be...
11 Apr, 2020, 08.26 PM IST
Railways converts 2500 coaches into isolation wards for coronavirus patientsRailways has converted 2,500 coaches into isolation wards, achieving half of its target of delivering 5000 such coaches in the first phase ...
06 Apr, 2020, 02.34 PM IST
Day 11 of lockdown sees a 355 case spikeIn spite of all the bad news around, there still seems to be hope, economist Arvind Panagariya believes that India could turn its economy a...
04 Apr, 2020, 09.01 PM IST
Modified rail coaches to provide 3.2 lakh isolation beds: Indian Railways"These modified 20,000 coaches can accommodate up to 3.2 lakh possible beds for isolation needs. Work on modification of 5,000 coaches, whi...
31 Mar, 2020, 04.15 PM IST
Hotels, resorts come in handy in India's fight against Covid-19State governments are using these facilities for conversion into isolation wards in worst-affected hotspots. The Madhya Pradesh government ...
31 Mar, 2020, 10.25 AM IST
Railway Zones asked to ensure preparedness for 20,000 coaches as isolation units for Covid-19 patientsThe 17 Zones of the Indian railways will initially start with converting 5,000 coaches into isolation units. The ministry had last week ask...
30 Mar, 2020, 11.52 PM IST
COVID-19: Northeast Frontier Railway to convert coaches into isolation wardsIn view of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is converting coaches at the Coach Maintenance Depot in Kamakhya and...
28 Mar, 2020, 06.33 PM IST
Railways manufactures prototype of isolation ward in non-AC coachesTo begin with, 10 coaches will be converted into isolation units for those affected by Covid-19, by each zonal railway every week. The Indi...
28 Mar, 2020, 03.10 PM IST
Northern Railways conducting study to use train coaches as COVID-19 isolation wardsThe Indian Railways, which runs 13,523 trains daily, has suspended all passenger services till April 14 and its rakes are lying idle. Sourc...
27 Mar, 2020, 08.50 PM IST
Indian Railways mulls converting coaches into isolation wardsAccording to sources, the proposal to offer the empty coaches and cabins to be used as isolation wards was discussed in a meeting of Railwa...
27 Mar, 2020, 09.37 AM IST
Coronavirus threat: India-Bangladesh passenger train services suspendedThe Eastern Railway said services of Maitree and Bandhan Express trains will remain suspended from March 15 to April 15 or till further ord...
15 Mar, 2020, 04.07 PM IST
Bihar airlifts medicines as swine flu cases rise to 13Bihar government today procured swine flu medicines after the number of people who tested positive for the H1N1 virus rose to 13.
27 Feb, 2015, 03.04 PM IST
- West Bengal received fresh consignment of swine flu drug
West Bengal government has just received a fresh consignment of the swine flu drug, Tamiflu. The state has received one lakh tablets of the...
20 Aug, 2009, 09.20 PM IST
- WB expands infrastructure for H1N1 patients
West Bengal government has just received a fresh consignment of the swine flu drug, Tamiflu. The state has received one lakh tablets of the...
20 Aug, 2009, 09.10 PM IST