Those travelling by local trains may continue to do so without QR codes, as the deadline of August 10 has ended. With no formal announcement from the Maharashtra government, the deadline for mandatory QR codes for local train travel seems to have been pushed further. Initially, it was July 30, which was later postponed to August 10 and now, it appears that it may take some more days.

Explaining the status of QR passes, a senior official said that the Maharashtra government had been working on the passes round the clock, and a database of about 2.45 lakh essential workers of the total 3.2 lakh has been entered and uploaded.