The crowds in Mumbai's public transport across had thinned down on Saturday. While, as reported by mid-day first, there has already been a fall in the numbers of tickets and passengers, Railways said on Saturday, they had suspended the use of blankets onboard outstation trains.

Railway officials said they had also taken up all trains—local and long-distance—for disinfection before and at the end of the journeys at yards and stations. Central Railway's chief public relations officer Shivaji Sutar, said, "Linens are being sanitised, blankets are not being distributed with bedroll. What is used by passengers will be segregated in separate linen bags. All blankets will be put through a high temp soak in the tumble dryers, supplemented by UV light immersion."