Five days after an official announcement by the railways to resume providing linen and blankets in outstation trains with immediate effect, none are still available, the commuters have complained.

Passengers called the Indian Railway announcement “populist” without taking the ground realities into consideration.
“I read the government notification and did not carry a blanket or bedrolls on the train. However, none are provided and it is freezing cold here,” said a commuter Shubham Shukla who is onboard a train to Lucknow.