After the dying of three individuals from Dombivli within the final fortnight — all of them fell off overcrowded suburban trains of the Central Raliway, involved commuters have urged CR to handle the problem of overcrowding.
On April 23, a 25-year-old IIT Patna postgraduate pupil, Avadhesh Dubey, a resident of Dombivli, died after falling off a practice. He had boarded a practice at Dombivli and was close to the door because the coach was packed. He misplaced his stability and fell to his dying between Diva and Mumbra stations.
On April 29, 26-year-old Riya Rajgor misplaced her life after falling from an overcrowded native practice in Dombivli. Rajgor boarded a CSMT-bound practice at Dombivli station round 8 am. Because the practice handed the Kopar space, she misplaced her grip on the seize deal with and fell onto the tracks, leading to her fast dying. Rajgor, who labored for a development agency in Thane, was a resident of Dombivli and is survived by her dad and mom.
On April 30, a 49-year-old man, Rahul Purushottam Ashtekar, misplaced his life after falling off a working practice close to Mumbra because of overcrowding once more. Ashtekar, a resident of Dombivli West, had boarded the practice from Dombivli and fell between Diva and Mumbra stations.
Households of the deceased have blamed the failure of the authorities to handle overcrowding in suburban trains as the rationale for these deaths. “The rail authorities are detached to overcrowding and passenger security even after a 25-year-old misplaced his life,” Deepak Dubey, Avadhesh’s brother, mentioned.
Suburban railway passengers have lengthy been demanding expanded practice providers to handle the problems of overcrowding and ensuing accidents. Round 45 lakh passengers journey on CR on a regular basis. In Dombivli alone, greater than 3.7 million commuters journey from Dombivli to Mumbai on a regular basis, however solely 17 trains begin from Dombivli.
Swapnil Nila, CPRO of CR, mentioned, “This twin problem wants cooperation from the railway and passengers as present infrastructure limitations hinder the rise of practice frequency, necessitating the addition of end-to-end tracks. Nonetheless, the passengers themselves additionally should train warning and keep away from something that will value their lives.”