Mangaluru: A team of Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel inspected the newly transformed isolation wards in trains at the Mangaluru Central railway station on Sunday, April 12.

Speaking to reporters later Kateel praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking prompt action against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the 32 railway compartments are being transformed into isolation wards by the Palakkad division out of which 20 have been designated for the city.

Adding that the isolation wards with medical equipments and other facilities in case of any surge in cases.

MLA Vedavyas Kamath was also present during the inspection.