Chennai: Train coaches as isolation wards

Chennai : The Tiruchirapalli division of Southern Railways has converted 44-train coaches into COVID-19 isolation wards, said a statement.

In a statement issued here, the Southern Railway said the Indian Railway Board had given a target to Southern Railways to convert 573 coaches.

The conversion work was taken up by the Trichy Golden Rock Workshop, Perambur Carriage and Wagon Works, Perambur Loco works, and six divisions including Trichy, Madurai and Salem.

In Tiruchirapalli division, 44 coaches have been converted for COVID-19 isolation wards, the statement said. At Tiruchirapalli Coaching Depot, 34 coaches and at Villupuram coaching depot, 10 coaches were converted.