As per the latest directive, about 3,000 isolation coaches have to be reconverted into normal coaches to cater to the increased demand for more non-AC trains while the rest will be used as isolation coaches for COVID patients NEW DELHI : The Indian Railways which converted 5,231 coaches into isolation wards for COVID-19 patients has now decided to take back 60% of such coaches to be utilised in the Shramik Special trains for the transportation of the stranded migrant workers.
The Railway Board wrote to all zonal railways on May 21 regarding this after the demands for the Shramik Special trains shot up in the last one week.