MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday issued an order allowing the common people, irrespective of the nature of their jobs, who are vaccinated fully against COVID-19 to board suburban trains.
In this order, the state government has extended the definition of fully vaccinated people to cover even those people who are working in non-essential sectors.
This means people who have taken both the doses of vaccines against COVID-19 and completed 14 days after inoculation can travel in local trains.
The government also stated that the people working in essential sectors must be fully vaccinated and should have completed the 14 days post-inoculation before they can be allowed to board local trains.
Currently, the Central Railway and the Western Railway have been issuing a monthly pass to vaccinated commuters instead of daily tickets to curtail the crowd.
Notably, both the railways on Monday said suburban services in Mumbai will be operated at the 100 per cent capacity.
This decision was taken considering the increased flow of commuters, an official said on Monday.
The zonal railways used to operate these many services before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.