Railway pointsman saves child from approaching train, receives praise from Union Minister Piyush Goyal The child was so small that he was unable to climb the platform
A Central Railway employee, in an exceptionally courageous act, risked his own life and managed to rescue a child who had fallen on the railway tracks from being run over by an approaching train at the Vangani Railway Station
Mayur Shelke, while performing his duty at Vangani station on Mumbai Division of Central Railway saw a child fallen on track and trying to climb up on platform at about 6:25 pm. The child was so small that he was unable to climb the platform. At same time a passanger train - Udyan Express was approaching on the same track speedily. Alert Shelke, immediately swung into action and jumped on the track and ran towards the child. He lifted the child and pushed him on the platform and then he himself climbed on the platform just in a fraction of second. Thus his timely action and presence of mind sav
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The weekend saw a steady flow of passengers on long-distance trains originating from different stations in the metropolis.
Amid talk of a complete lockdown in Maharashtra to arrest the COVID-19 surge, the passenger rush on outstation trains in Mumbai has increased since the last weekend, Railway sources said on Monday. The Railway administration, however, attributed the passenger rush to the summer season which sees a large number of people travelling to their native places.
The sources said though the rush on outstation trains has gone up since the state government announced fresh COVID-19 curbs earlier this month, the weekend saw a steady flow of passengers on long-distance trains originating from different stations in the metropolis.
It was further said that the government should now increase the vaccination drive so that other frontline staff like the guards, ticket-checkers and motomen can also get the dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.