Essential services staff can go by special trains

In response to the request from the Tamil Nadu government, Southern Railway has decided to permit essential services staff authorised by the state government to travel in limited number of suburban trains -- run as workmen specials by the Chennai division of Southern Railway -- from October 5. Details of these train services would be displayed at the stations, an official release said. The government has nominated an official as the nodal officer for this purpose, who will authorise and issue specific travel permission to essential services staff to travel in the workmen special trains.

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