VASCO: The South Western Railway (SWR) on Monday has re-iterated the orders contained in Government of Karnataka circular dated July 31, 2021, that only passengers with negative RT-PCR certificate not older than 72 hours prior to boarding, shall board the trains (from Maharashtra, Kerala) irrespective of vaccination status.
In a press note issued by the SWR, General Manager Sanjeev Kishore has re-iterated these instructions to the general managers of adjacent zones i.e., Southern Railway, South Central Railway, Central Railway and Western Railway (Kerala, Maharashtra State jurisdictions inside these railway zones) to allow passengers with negative RT-PCR certificate only to board the trains and instruct the officials concerned and Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) to check the same, prior to boarding the train.
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Kishore has assured that the SWR will extend its fullest cooperation to State government at all levels to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection. Further, he has requested the State government to make arrangements (as was done during first wave of COVID-19) at railway stations, to test the upcoming passengers.
Divisions have been instructed to put in place, measures to check passengers and hand over those who do not possess RT-PCR negative certificate (not more than 72 hours prior to boarding) to authorities of State government’s Health Department for further action (testing/quarantine etc).
