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The bench was hearing a plea filed by the Cooperative Banks Employees Union (CBEU) seeking permission to travel to work by local trains, metro, and monorail services in the city.
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The existing restrictions on travelling in local trains, metro trains and monorails in Mumbai cannot be relaxed at this juncture as COVID-19 cases are still spreading, the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. State government s counsel PP Kakade told a bench of Justices KK Tated and Abhay Ahuja that only frontline health workers and state government staff are currently allowed to use the services of suburban trains, the monorail, and metro trains.
Mumbai local trains, metro, monorail only for frontline workers, govt staff: Maharashtra govt to Bombay HC
Local trains, metro and monorail in Mumbai are only for the use of frontline workers and govt staff for now since Covid-19 is still spreading, Maharashtra govt s counsel told the HC hearing a plea filed by the Cooperative Banks Employees Union.
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The Bombay High Court
The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that local trains, metro and monorail in Mumbai are only for frontline workers and government employees. These services cannot be relaxed at this juncture as new cases of Covid-19 are still being reported, said the state govt s counsel.
: Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 9:08 PM IST
Mumbai: Won t allow others except essential service providers to board local trains, Maharashtra govt informs Bombay HC
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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court bench of Justices Kamalkishor Tated and Abhay Ahuja was on Tuesday informed that the existing restrictions on travelling in local trains, metro and monorails in Mumbai won t be relaxed at this stage as COVID-19 cases are still spreading.
Acting government pleader Priyabhushan Kakade apprised the bench of the fact that only Frontline health workers and the state government employees are allowed to travel via local trains, metro or monorails in the city.