Railway compartments-turned-quarantine coaches being sanitised at the Tikiapara car shed, in Howrah.
The inside of the coaches
Eastern Railway has converted 380 non-AC sleeper and general second-class compartments into quarantine coaches at different locations in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus.
No middle berth in the isolation coaches
The coaches were converted at various locations including Kanchrapara and Liluah workshops, Tikiapara, Chitpore, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda and Bhagalpur.
The coaches have been redone and cleaned
Each coach has three toilets. There is no middle berth in the isolation coaches.
The washroom of the isolation coaches
Oxygen cylinders and mosquito nets are available in the coaches.