Western Railway commuters have got their long-missed Dahanu MEMU train back and cannot thank General Manager Alok Kansal enough. Commuter association members said that the train was restored within four hours of their meeting him, and their months’ long struggle to get it restored has ended, making life easy for several thousands of commuters.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has been very difficult for commuters who have been staying in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and beyond. Local trains had been opened for the fully vaccinated earlier, but not the MEMU trains, which are a crucial link for east west and long-distance connectivity. After much convincing, the Maharashtra government and railways had restored MEMU services last month-end, but those were limited to MMR and services plied between Panvel and Vasai,” Hitesh Save, spokesperson of Dahanu Vaitarna Pravasi Sevabhavi Sanstha (DVPSS) told mid-day.