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Mandatory breathalyzer tests before and after driving local train infected us: Western Railway motormen
Updated On: 07 April, 2021 08:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Both Western Railway and Central Railway drivers have also been demanding vaccinations as frontline workers; officials refute allegations, say the contactless tests were safe and staff is already being inoculated
Though the breathalyzer tests were contactless, WR motormen claim the COVID-19 cases among them rose after their use
Motormen in Mumbai are a worried lot. While motormen on the Western Railway have said that the mandatory breathalyzer tests before and after driving a local train had led to a rise in COVID-19 cases among them, the death of a senior loco pilot on the Central Railway has led to further concerns.
On Tuesday morning, senior loco pilot Ramkrishna S Badgujar succumbed to COVID-19 at Railway Hospital in Byculla. He had been admitted from March-end. In the CR over 20 motormen have been infected.
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