Summary:
Mumbai local train services are unlikely to resume for the general public anytime soon. State cabinet Minister Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday, while talking to the media, said the Mumbai local trains may not open their doors for the general public for at least the next 15 days as a precautionary measure against COVID-19. The minister said that social distancing will not be possible in local trains, therefore the trains will continue to ply for essential services staffers only at the moment. Currently, only government, BMC, and essential services staff are allowed to travel in the Mumbai local trains amid the deadly second wave of COVID-19. Mumbai's suburban local train services will resume for the general public only in the last phase of reopening..