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Kolkata Metro to open more gates for night services

According to the city Metro office, at stations like Shyambazar, Sovabazar-Sutanuti, Chandni Chowk, Park Street, Rabindra Sadan, Netaji Bhavan and Rabindra Sarobar, 50 per cent gates are remaining open for these experimental services in order to make entry and exit of passengers fast and easy.

Experts fear a ‘more virulent’ 2nd wave

But the latest spike in cases in seven states of the country has raised the concern among experts that the two new mutant variations of the virus, which have been detected in Kerala, Maharashtra and Telengana, may lead to a fresh wave of the pandemic in the country, which had seen a substantial slowdown of the spread of the coronavirus between September and January.