Lack of battery car forces passengers to slog longer distance at Virudhunagar junction

The elderly, physically-challenged and the sick passengers are made to slog for long distance from one platform to another at Virudhunagar railway junction as the battery-operated car has been rendered “out of order” for long.

The car had been useful to ferry young children, old passengers, pregnant women and those carrying heavy luggages from one platform to another through the trolley pathway at the end of the platforms.

The junction has been handling several trains, including Vande Bharat, express trains from Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari, Coimbatore, Chennai and Bengaluru and passenger trains to various places like Sengottai.