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  • Railways To Run 200 Non-AC Passenger Trains Daily From June 1

    Providing huge relief to people, specially in the country’s small towns and cities, the railways will run 200 special passenger trains from June 1, the national transporter said on Tuesday.

    These trains will have non-air conditioned second class coaches and will run daily.
    They will be plied in addition to the Shramik Special and the air-conditioned special trains which are currently being operated on the Rajdhani routes connecting 15 major cities to Delhi.

    All categories of passengers will be allowed to book tickets which will be available online.

    “Indian Railways will run 200 non-AC trains daily as per the time table from June 1, whose online booking will start soon,” tweeted Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.

    While the railways is yet to state which routes these trains will run on, officials said they could cater to the smaller towns and cities.

    Earlier, the railways had cancelled all its regular passenger services till June 30.

    Railways said the move to start these 200 trains would also be helpful for migrants who can avail these trains if they are unable to board the Shramik Special trains.

    “Efforts will be made such that they (migrants) will be able to board trains from Railway Station Head on mainline which is close to their existing location,” the railways said.

    The railways also said it has asked the state governments to identify and locate the migrants who are walking on roads to go to their home states and transport them to the nearest main line railway station after registering them the nearest district headquarters. It has also asked the states to give a list of these travellers to the Railway Authorities so that arrangements can be made for their further travel through Shramik specials.

  • India crosses 1-lakh coronavirus cases after 64 days, govt claims faring much better than others

    Hundreds of more people tested positive on Tuesday for the deadly coronavirus infection across India with a large number of them have returned from other states or from abroad, even as officials said India’s mortality rate has been very low and it has taken much longer here for the tally to hit the one-lakh mark than many other countries.

    In its morning 8 AM update, the Union Health Ministry said the total number of confirmed cases has reached 1,01,139 and the death toll has risen to 3,163. This marked an increase of nearly 5,000 cases and 134 fatalities in a 24-hour period.

    More than 39,000 patients have recovered too, still leaving over 59,000 active cases in the country — which is the seventh-largest globally after the US, Russia, Brazil, France, Italy and Peru.

    INDIA FARING BETTER THAN WORLD: GOVT

    The Health Ministry said that for every one lakh population, there are 7.1 coronavirus cases in India so far, as against 60 globally.

    Referring to data from the World Health Organisation, the ministry said 45,25,497 Covid-19 cases had been reported worldwide till Monday, which is about 60 cases per lakh population.

    Among the countries with a very high load of coronavirus cases, the US, with 14,09,452 instances of the infection so far, has around 431 cases per lakh population. In the UK, this ratio is 494 cases per lakh and for Italy, it is 372.

    TOOK 64 DAYS FOR CASES TO CROSS 1 LAKH

    Officials also cited data about India having taken 64 days for the count of confirmed cases to increase from 100 to one lakh, which was more than double the time taken by countries like the US and Spain. According to the data sourced from the health ministry and Worldometers, the coronavirus infection cases increased from 100 to 1,00,000 in the US in 25 days, while it took 30 days for the cases to reach the 1 lakh-mark in Spain.

    It took 35 days in Germany, 36 days in Italy, 39 days in France and 42 days in the United Kingdom for the coronavirus infection cases to rise from 100 to 1 lakh, respectively.

  • Fisherman anchoring their boats in Hooghly river in West Bengal ahead on Cyclone Amphan

    Fisherman anchoring their boats in Hooghly river in West Bengal ahead on Cyclone Amphan

    Fisherman anchoring their boats in Hooghly river in West Bengal ahead on Cyclone Amphan

    SUPER CYCLONE DOWNGRADED TO EXTREMELY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM

    The Indian Metrological Department has said that Cyclone Amphan is likely to be the worst since 1999, in which over 9,000 people were killed in Odisha. But as the states embark on a massive evacuations drill, the cyclone has lost some of its strength.

    However, it still packs enough force to pulverise coastal districts of Odisha and West Bengal.

    The gale-force wind, blowing at a speed of 240 to 250 kmph and gusting to 275 kmph at one point, had lost intensity and was moving at a speed of 200 to 210 kmph, gusting to 230 kmph on Tuesday evening.

    The weather department has said the storm could destroy standing crops, damage mud and thatch houses, and disrupt power and communication lines in coastal districts of the two eastern states.

    The IMD has advised people to remain at home and warned against opening markets in and around affected districts on Wednesday.

    “Storm surge of 4 to 5 metres above astronomical tide is likely to inundate low lying areas of South and North 24 Parganas and about 3 to 4 metres over low lying areas of East Midnapore district of West Bengal during the time of landfall,” the weatherman has said. These districts had suffered the most during cyclone ‘Bulbul’ and ‘Fani’ last year.

    IMD Director-General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said since the cyclone is gradually weakening, its impact is unlikely to be very severe in Odisha.

    However, coastal districts like Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore are likely to be battered by heavy rains and high-velocity winds from Tuesday evening, he said.

    CYCLONE AMPHAN PROJECTED PATH AND LANDFALL

    Cyclone Amphan is expected to make landfall between Digha in West Bengal and Hatiya Island in Bangladesh on Wednesday, May 20. The cyclone will likely cross the coast in the afternoon or evening as ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ with a maximum wind speed of 185 kmph.

    Plotted using Google Maps below is the excepted path of Cyclone Amphan over the next two days. The path has been plotted based on information released by the India Meteorological Department on Tuesday afternoon. It’s a rough estimate of Cyclone Amphan’s expected progress. The various pins on the map below offer an idea of the location of Cyclone Amphan at a particular point; tap on the pins to know more.