Madurai, Oct 13 (PTI) The Madras High court hasreserved its orders on a plea for restoring unreserved coachesremoved from two superfast express trains --viz Vaigai (fromMadurai) and Pallavan( Karaikudi-Tiruchi-Chennai)express.
A division bench of Justices M.Venugopal and AbdulQuddhose reserved the orders on a PIL filed by one B.Kartheeof Andalpuram.
The petitioner contended that for several years thetrains were operated with six general compartments and theyhad been reduced to four and the poor passengers had been hithard during the festival seasons.
Counsel for the railways said that only one coach hadbeen converted into pantry car.
Out of the four general compartments, two werereserved for women and physically challenged people.
The difference in fare between the reserved andgeneral compartments was only 15,he said. PTI SSNBN.
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