The Central Railway on Thursday said that after a verbal order from the Maharashtra government to put a hold on the running of Ganpati festival trains, there has been no confirmation on the response at any level about the trains.

"In view of COVID-19 and the extraordinary situation prevailing as a consequence, the Central Railway in a letter dated July 23 had asked the State Government on their views about running Ganpati special trains (special long-distance mail/express trains to Konkan Region within Maharashtra), the number and date from which to run these special trains," a CR spokesperson said.