The Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) has undertaken massive sanitization at the Guwahati Railway Station in Assam’s Guwahati after a lot of passengers tested positive for Covid-19 on their arrival in the state.

The new mutant strains of the novel coronavirus have arrived in the state via passengers coming from outside the state.

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This has prompted the railway authorities to undertake the sanitation activities as the Guwahati Railway Station receives a huge crowd of passengers every day.

In Assam 2,236 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, with the disease claiming 14 more lives.

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Kamrup (Metro) has the highest positive cases, with 815 people testing positive in the corresponding period.

The NFR is also penalizing passengers not following Covid-19 protocols.

People in trains and railway stations who are not wearing masks are being fined Rs 500 by the railway authorities.