Maharashtra govt soon to allow private guards to travel in Mumbai local trains

The Maharashtra government has allowed women to travel in local trains of Mumbai. Now the state government plans to allow private guards to travel in local trains. The Maharashtra government has written a letter to the general manager of the Central and Western Railways in this regard.

It has been written in the letter that private guards with uniform stripe and I-cards should be allowed to travel in local trains in Mumbai and Mumbai Metropolitan Area.

"It is requested that uniformed private guards carrying valid identity cards to be allowed to travel by local trains in Mumbai and the MMR region with immediate effect," read an official letter.

On October 20, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had announced that all women passengers will be allowed to travel in local trains in Mumbai and suburbs from October 21.