East Central Railway sets record, converts sleeper coaches into isolation wards in no time
New Indian ExpressKumar said that '269 coaches with, all medical equipment and facilities mandatory for a quarantine ward. Moreover, he said that a train, comprising of 20 coaches will have 17 isolation coaches, one air-conditioned coach and two SLR coaches for doctors and other personnel. 'These coaches will be used by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare or Union Ministry of Home Affairs or under their guidance,' he said, adding that all divisions of East Central Railway were given the task of converting train coaches into isolation wards. Detailing about how the target was achieved in record time, Kumar said that 38 coaches were converted as isolation coaches by Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar division, 40 by Dhanbad division, 55 by Danapur division, 40 by Sonepur division, 56 by Samastipur division and ride box repair factory, Hainaut.
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