Measures taken by East Central Railways for preventing spread of Coronavirus and safety of passengers travelling in train
GM ECR has instructed to undertake following measures with immediate effect to prevent and contain the spread of Coronavirus and safety of passengers travelling in train.
1) all Divisions to clean the inside of the coaches and sanitize them with a suitable disinfectant like lysol in 2% dilution during every primary maintenance.
2) disinfection of EMU and DEMU coaches to be started during night maintenance
3) Cleaning staff of major stations have been instructed to disinfect various passengers contact surfaces like benches, chairs, washbasins, bathrooms, door knobs etc.
4) Hand Rails, Doors, windows, chains, snack table and all such items of coaches need to be cleaned regularly.
5) Adequate quantity of Liquid Soap in coaches has to be ensured.
6) Remove all curtains from all AC coaches.
7) Daily fogging of trains.
8) Daily fogging of all the pit-lines
These actions are being taken with immediate effect as a precautionary measure.
