NEW DELHI : After almost two months, the railways' isolation coaches have finally found takers -- Uttar Pradesh has asked for 240 such coaches for 24 locations, Telangana has requisitioned 60 for three places and Delhi has asked for 10 such coaches as COVID-19 cases in India close in on the three lakh mark.The railways' first such covid-19 care centre was deployed at Shakur Basti railway stations in Delhi on May 31.
It consisted of 10 coaches with a capacity of 160 beds.The coaches can be used for very mild cases that can be clinically assigned to the coronavirus Care centres according to guidelines issued by the health ministry."Sixty coaches have been requisitioned by Telangana at Secunderabad, Kachiguda and Adilabad.