Following Monday's incident, were regular commuters stormed the maintenance tower wagon, the railways have now enforced strict ID checks on staff train to avoid any confusion. Also, to maintain social distancing while travelling to work, the railways will attach extra bogies instead of one-wagon trains.

"Commodities like food grain, salt, sugar, milk, edible oil, onions, fruits & vegetables, petroleum products, coal etc are being loaded at railway terminals. Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Indian Railways (IR) has suspended the operations of passenger train services across the country till 31st March 2020," a spokesperson said.