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Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi April 18Northern Railways said 50 coaches were kept ready to be used as isolation wards at Delhi's Shakur Basti and 25 coaches at Anand Vihar a development that comes hours at the request of the Delhi government as coronavirus cases spiral in the national capital. Ashutosh Gangal the general manager of Northern Railways said the coaches at Shakur Basti could accommodate 800 people and the ones at Anand Vihar could house another 500. He warned however that these coaches were only for people with mild affliction and weren't equipped to deal with the more severe cases. In addition he said “Northern Railways has 463 COVID isolation coaches across its network”. Last year the railways had deployed 813 coaches with 12472 beds in July—Delhi (503) Uttar Pradesh (270) and Bihar (40)..