Summary:
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government had, on February 2, resumed local train services in Mumbai for the general public. India Today quoted, Suresh Kakani, BMC Additional Municipal Commissioner, as saying that the increase in the number of coronavirus cases has forced them to not lift the restrictions soon. Reports state that the decision about local trains was taken in the weekly meeting which was attended by health officials and representatives of the state government. For the uninformed, the local train services in Mumbai region returned to full services for the general public from February 2 after a gap of 10 months. Before the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020, as many as 80 lakh passengers used the local train services in Mumbai..