Deaths due to fall from overcrowded Mumbai local trains go up, reveals RTI - Tv9 Gujarati

Mumbai: Even as railway officials claim to be operating maximum suburban trains to ease the hardships of daily commuters in Mumbai, the number of deaths and those injured after falling from trains has gone up in the last one decade, as per an RTI query. A whopping 25,722 passengers fell from suburban trains (travelling on Western, Central and Harbour suburban services in Mumbai Commissionerate) in last 10 years, of whom 6,989 commuters died while 18,733 survived, said RTI activist.

Subscribe to Tv9 Gujarati https://www.youtube.com/tv9gujarati
Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/tv9gujarati
Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Tv9Gujarat
Follow us on Dailymotion at http://www.dailymotion.com/GujaratTV9
Circle us on Google+ : https://plus.google.com/+tv9gujarat
Follow us on Pinterest at http://www.pinterest.com/tv9gujarati/pins/