Tag: Disruptions
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Special Train Services Launched for Passengers Affected by IndiGo Flight Disruptions
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto To provide relief to passengers amid IndiGo flights disruptions across India, Western Railway and East Coast Railway announced that they will run several special trains on special fare. Western Railway will run seven special trains on special fare between Mumbai Central – New Delhi, Mumbai Central – Bhiwani,…
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Railways Steps In: 116 Extra Coaches Added Across 37 Trains Amid IndiGo Disruptions
As IndiGo airlines’ operational disruptions triggered a wave of cancellations and delays across the country, the Indian railways stepped up and added more trains to its schedule as reprieve for passengers impacted by the chaos in India’s key private carrier. Travellers sit after their flight was cancelled by IndiGo Airlines at the Indira Gandhi International…
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Border Disruptions Threaten $200 Million Medicine Trade
KARACHI: Repeated closures of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border have brought bilateral medicine trade to a standstill, leaving hundreds of trucks stranded and “jeopardising” nearly $200 million worth of pharmaceutical exports, industry sources said. Industry representatives warn that the ongoing blockade at Torkham and Chaman is crippling pharmaceutical supplies to Afghanistan, spoiling temperature-sensitive drugs, and exposing Pakistan…