{"id":323134,"date":"2020-05-11T12:50:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=323134"},"modified":"2020-05-11T12:50:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:50:52","slug":"mha-issues-standard-operating-protocol-to-facilitate-movement-of-persons-by-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/mha-issues-standard-operating-protocol-to-facilitate-movement-of-persons-by-train\/","title":{"rendered":"MHA issues Standard Operating Protocol to facilitate movement of persons by train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-302091\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ganga-kaveri-train.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/ganga-kaveri-train.jpg 587w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/ganga-kaveri-train-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/ganga-kaveri-train-534x462.jpg 534w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/ganga-kaveri-train-486x420.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday issued Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) to facilitate movement of persons by train.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Movement of passengers to &amp; fro and entry at the railway station would be permitted only on confirmed e-ticket. There would be compulsory medical screening of all passengers. Only asymptomatic persons would be allowed to board the train, the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">During the travel and at the railway stations, Strict adherence to Health\/hygiene protocols and social distancing, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">All passengers would be provided with hand sanitizer at entry and exit points at station and in coaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Further, it would be ensured that all passengers wear face covers\/ masks at entry and during travel. On arrival at their destination, the traveling passengers would have to adhere to such health protocols as are prescribed by the destination State\/ UT, it added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Movement of trains shall be permitted by Ministry of Railways (MoR), in a graded manner, in consultation with Ministry of Health &amp; Family Welfare (MoHFW) and MHA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday issued Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) to facilitate movement of persons by train. Movement of passengers to &amp; fro and entry at the railway station would be permitted only on confirmed e-ticket. There would be compulsory medical screening of all passengers. Only asymptomatic persons would be allowed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":302091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[1564],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323135,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323134\/revisions\/323135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/302091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}