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»WATCH | Disabled Man Loses Balance While Boarding Moving Mumbai Local, Saved in Time by Railway Cop 1-MIN READ WATCH | Disabled Man Loses Balance While Boarding Moving Mumbai Local, Saved in Time by Railway Cop Railway personnel saving a disabled man who lost balance while trying to board a moving Mumbai local. This comes days after some media reports stated that 558 people died in January-March 2020, 115 in April-July and 314 in August-November, even as the locals were not operational from March 22 till mid-June. FOLLOW US ON: Mumbai local trains, which are often in news for accidental deaths, witnessed another incident of careless travelling when a disabled man was boarding a moving train at Panvel station. However, a Railway Protection Force personnel pulled the towards the platform.
Picture used for representational purpose only MUMBAI: Accidental deaths on railways in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region started to climb as the city unlocked and more categories of passengers were permitted to board local trains. From 558 deaths in January-March 2020, fatalities had dipped to 115 in April-July, and more than doubled to 314 in August-November. Though locals were not operational from March 22 till mid-June, fatalities continued to occur in this period, largely due to trespassers getting knocked down by goods trains or workmen specials. Track-crossing contributed to 64% of all 987 deaths this year and remained the leading cause of rail accidents. “Fatalities are unlikely to reduce drastically unless a complete compound wall or fencing comes up, bordering the tracks throughout Central and Western lines,” said GRP commissioner Ravindra Sengaonkar. Earlier this year, two teenagers — Akash Rathod and Chhotu Chauhan — died after being knocked down by a train at Dahisar. The two had slid onto railway premises through a gap in the compound wall. In June, octogenarian Vitthal Mulye, who was being treated for Covid at a civic hospital died, while crossing the tracks at Kandivli. Mulye had left the hospital without informing anyone.