Not willing to give up after their favourite services were stopped, commuters on Western Railway went all the way up to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). After following up with local railway officials and the railway board, a commuter body from Dahanu sent appeals via e-mail, ‘PM Interact’ website and speed post to press for its demand. They have now received a reply that the services would be restored soon.

“Due to COVID restrictions, a lot of passenger/shuttle train services along with mail/express train services were terminated and fare structure revised since lockdown. The Central government has lifted the COVID-19 restrictions and Indian Railways has also restored maximum services of trains all over the country, but a few key passenger trains were yet to be restored on the Western Railway. This led to correspondence and emails to all authorities,” Hitesh Save, spokesperson of Dahanu Vaitarna Pravasi Sevabhavi Sanstha, told mid-day.