Senior railway officials on Wednesday informed a parliamentary panel that more than 60 per cent tickets were cancelled in March this year due to coronavirus, even as the panel came down hard on the Railway Board chairman for a "shoddy presentation" of the steps taken to tackle the virus, sources said.
The Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture had convened a special meeting with the railway and aviation ministries, seeking an update on the precautions taken by them in view of the infection that has led to three deaths in the country.
Chairman Railway Board, V K Yadav was criticised by the parliamentary panel for "shoddy presentation" of the preparedness of the national transporter in the wake of
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