The existing restrictions on travelling in local trains, metro trains and monorails in Mumbai cannot be relaxed at this juncture as Covid-19 cases are still spreading, the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday.

State government's counsel PP Kakade told a bench of Justices KK Tated and Abhay Ahuja that only frontline health workers and state government staff are currently allowed to use the services of suburban trains, the monorail, and metro trains.