According to Western Railway, the block will be operated on the Up Fast line from 11.30 pm to 3 am and on the Down Fast line from 1.15 am to 4.45 am during the night of August 29-30

Speaking at the programme at Kora Kendra Ground, Shinde said the initiative was about encouraging people to embrace Marathi rather than imposing the language on them. He also stated that Marathi should be viewed as a language that brings people together rather than divides them