more-inStating that ₹496 crore will be allotted on Wednesday to meet the retirement benefits of crew members, Transport Minister M.R. Vijayabaskar appealed to the members of transport unions to call of their strike. Extra train services including 9 each from Chennai Beach to Tambaram, Chennai Beach to Velachery, from Chennai Beach to Avadi and 8 from Avadi to Ponneri, are being operated. This apart, special inter-city trains are running from Chennai Egmore to Tirunelveli, Chennai Egmore to Coimbatore, Chennai Egmore to Tiruvarur and Chennai Egmore to Nagercoil. “However, we expect more drivers and conductors to join duty from Tuesday onwards,” he said.

Source: The Hindu May 16, 2017 02:13 UTC