As feedback from government employees travelling on Mumbai's 700 suburban trains reveals that there is concern and displeasure over lack of social distancing inside the trains, Western Railway (WR) officials told mid-day that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has agreed to stagger office timings and was working on a proposal expected to be taken ahead this week. Crowds are being witnessed, especially in the trains coming from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) beyond Kalyan and Virar due to limited services and halts.

Commuters said that the crowding that is being quietly ignored now may swell into something bigger in the coming days.