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According to the East Coast Railway (ECoR), Rajdhani Special trains from Bhubaneswar will run twice in a week instead of daily up to May 31 (Photo for representative purpose only)
BHUBANESWAR: Rajdhani Express trains running via three different routes will be run twice a week till June 1. Besides, six more special trains will be cancelled for very poor occupancy and to break the chain of Covid-19 infection.
According to the East Coast Railway (ECoR), Rajdhani Special trains from Bhubaneswar will run twice in a week instead of daily up to May 31. Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express Special (02823) via Tata will run on Tuesdays from Bhubaneswar up to May 31. New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express Special via Tata (02824) will run on Wednesdays from New Delhi during the period.
The train ride as a technological fantasy
The train ride as a technological fantasy
ByTrisha GuptaTrisha Gupta / Updated: May 16, 2021, 06:00 IST
A still from the film The train
In popular 1970s Hindi cinema, the train became central to an imagined world of infrastructural achievement and finesse. Sadly, we re still content to live in the dream
In the 1960s and ’70s, the train in
India cinema starts to appear as a space of sophistication and luxury. Whether in art films’ like
Satyajit Ray s Nayak (which I mentioned last week), or a full-on commercial Hindi film like the racy Rajesh Khanna-starrer The Train, the upper class railway compartment represents high standards of comfort and hospitality. This is true despite the fact that Ray, ever the realist, has a senior Calcutta executive in Nayak express annoyance that he can t even get a beer on the AC Deluxe Express – precursor to the Poorva Express, the train between Calcutta and Delhi before the Rajdhani Express came
Over a thousand taxi drivers of Dhanbad are reeling under the impact of the second wave of the pandemic, with many of them not receiving calls from customers for the past 20 days. The remaining are getting only one booking per day, instead of three to four.
The situation of over 200 drivers operating at the Dhanbad station road is worse, as majority of them are returning empty handed at the end of the day due to lack of passengers in the area.
A host of factors, including the decreased movement of passengers in trains, their suspension amid the lockdowns, and increased safety concerns among people are primarily responsible for this situation. Majority of passengers now prefer to travel in their own vehicles or opt for cheaper options such as autorickshaws, making the condition of the taxi drivers worse.