The South Eastern Railway on Thursday issued fresh appeal to passengers for maintaining necessary safety and health protocols with the rise in Covid-19 cases across the country.

Officials of the SER said for safety purposes they have adopted several measures like regular cleaning and sanitisation of coaches, platforms, wash rooms, encouraging commuters to make online booking to avoid queue at counters, deployment of staff to check whether the health protocols are being maintained, regular announcement at stations and distribution of pamphlets among travelling passengers for spreading awareness.

Passengers without masks are not allowed to enter the station premises and single entry and single exit point at stations has been introduced at various stations under SER zone including Ranchi, Tatanagar, Rourkela, Hatia, Jharsuguda and Chakradharpur.

Booking counters are being sanitised regularly for the safety of the commuters and intending passengers are being encouraged to use Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) and Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM).

Markings have also been drawn for queuing of the passengers at all relevant places including platforms and ticket counters.

RPF personnel have also been deployed to ensure that health protocols are followed and passengers do not face any difficulty.

To create awareness among the passengers as well as common people, adequate publicity campaigns through mass media has been undertaken to inform the passengers about the train services as well as Covid-19 precautions to be followed before and during journey.