Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced that fully vaccinated people will be allowed to travel on the local trains from August 15. Thackeray said a digital app has been developed to facilitate applications from fully vaccinated commuters, who will be issued photo passes after verifying their vaccination status.

Mumbai local trains were shut down in April this year during the ravaging second wave of Covid-19. At present, only government employees and essential services staffers are allowed to travel in the suburban trains.