With vaccine delivery kicking off across the country today, who should get immunised on priority in Mumbai’s public transport bodies? While the railways has drawn up a list of ten categories of staffers exposed to a constantly changing environment, BEST committee members say the driving and electric staff deserve to be inoculated first.

Medical department staff, safaiwalas, employees from electrical, engineering work and those engaged in staff quarter maintenance, ticket checkers, station masters, train drivers, guards, RPF, welfare inspectors and booking clerks will get preference as far Indian Railways is concerned. Also, eight categories of non-frontline employees – accounts, signalling, permanent way, general administration, mechanical, electrical department, and ministerial staff – could be considered for immunisation in initial phases.