Over 8,700 people have lost their lives on railway tracks even though passenger trains were suspended or severely reduced due to the Covid pandemic. Many among the dead were migrant workers.
»WATCH | Disabled Man Loses Balance While Boarding Moving Mumbai Local, Saved in Time by Railway Cop
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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.
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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.