New Delhi (NVI): A viral message is doing rounds on social media, especially WhatsApp, claiming that all the train services operated by the Indian Railways will stop operating from December 1.
The message stated that the most of the normal and COVID-19 special trains are also going to stop operating after December 1. After December all trains including COVID-19 special trains to stop operating the message also read.
Debunking such claims on social media, the fact check unit of the Government’s Press Information Bureau (PIB) said that this claim is a fake and Railway Ministry has taken no such decision on halting of train services.
“It is claimed in a #WhatsApp forward that all trains including the #COVID19 special trains will stop operating after 1st December.
#PIBFactCheck: This claim is #Fake. Railway Ministry of India has taken no such decision on halting of train services after 1st December,” PIB wrote in a tweet.
It is claimed in a #WhatsApp forward that all trains including the #COVID19 special trains will stop operating after 1st December. #PIBFactCheck: This claim is #Fake. @RailMinIndia has taken no such decision on halting of train services after 1st December. pic.twitter.com/3ZeGyCEaOw
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) November 23, 2020
Earlier on May 12, Indian Railways gradually resumed passenger train operations, which were suspended when the lockdown started on March 25 amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
The Press Information Bureau launched this fact-checking unit in December last year, to identify misinformation related to government’s policies and schemes that are circulating on various social media platforms.
-RJV
