Non-issue of season, return railway tickets irks essential services staff

The passes were later given under the orders of senior railway officials

The essential services staff using suburban trains in the city were caught unawares when they were not given the season passes on the first day of the lockdown. The lockdown announced by the State government kicked off on Monday and would be in place till May 24. Refusing to issue new or renew old season passes, the ticket counter staff in various railway stations did not give return tickets either. This caused a lot of hardships with commuters arguing with commercial staff of the Chennai division of the Southern Railway in several stations.