Buses, trains, railway stations and now the metro are been regularly scrubbed to maintain a clean and safe environment in Mumbai amid the scare of the pandemic
Picture/Mumbai Metro-Twitter
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, public transport in Mumbai is been sanitised to contain the spread of the pandemic. BEST buses, local trains, railway stations and now the metro are being regularly scrubbed to maintain a clean and safe environment in the city amid the scare of the pandemic.
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BEST spokesperson Manoj Varade said that as a preventive measure, the BEST is appealing to its commuters against standee travel in its buses from tomorrow and requested to take social distancing seriously. He said they will study crowd patterns at bus depots tomorrow and accordingly arrange additional buses if required and that the bus depot managers had been given such powers.
Mumbai Metro has post pictures of their ticket windows, stations and trains being sanitised while being on service to the public on their official Twitter page, with the caption reading, '#SafeTravel for our valued commuters.'
The tweet ends with hashtags #MumbaiMetroOne #HaveANiceDay #COVID19.
We @MumMetro have accelerated our sanitising activities during 'on-service' hours as well! #SafeTravel for our valued commuters. #MumbaiMetroOne #HaveANiceDay #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/QnOWCCcvd6
— Mumbai Metro (@MumMetro) March 18, 2020
The initiative by the Mumbai Metro became a hit with their followers, with many writing in the comments that they would like to see it continue even after the Coronavirus scare passes, alongwith more suggestions to tackle the pandemic.
This is great. It wouldn't hurt to continue the initiative.
— Rsharm4 (@RanjitaSharma4) March 18, 2020
Respected,
— सà¤ÂÂÂu00c2u009aिन सà¥ÂÂÂu00c2u0081रà¥ÂÂÂu00c2u0087श सावà¤ÂÂÂu00c2u0082त (@camsachinsawant) March 18, 2020
.@MumMetro
Sir request you to Screen & Check metro Passengers . Arrange a Thermal Scanning Machine in Every @MumMetro Station . it will be easy to catch Corona Virus Symptoms.
"Prevention is Better than Cure" #COVID2019 #MumbaiMetroOne#ThackeraySarkar #SafeTravel #म
Good work .... Keep it up ... Safe Mumbai
— MANGESH MANE (@RealMangeshMane) March 18, 2020
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