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The Hindu
an hour ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
2,282 fatalities reported on Mumbai's suburban railway network in 2024: Railway Minister Vaishnaw
Mr. Vaishnaw's written reply was in response to the issue of commuters' safety on Mumbai suburban trains raised by Congress MP Sasikanth Senthil. A total of 2,282 fatalities were reported on Mumbai's suburban railway network in 2024 due to trespassing, pole hitting, falling from running trains and in platform gaps and other reasons, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Lok Sabha on Wednesday (July 23, 2025). Mr. Vaishnaw's written reply was in response to the issue of commuters' safety on Mumbai suburban trains raised by Congress MP Sasikanth Senthil. The Minister said that 'police' and 'public order' are state subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution and therefore, state governments are responsible for prevention, detection, registration, and investigation of crime and maintenance of law and order on Railways through their law enforcement agencies, viz. Government Railway Police (GRP)/district police. "Railway Protection Force (RPF) supplements the efforts of GRP/ district police to provide better protection and security to railway property, passenger area and passengers and for matters connected therewith," he said. He added, "As per information received from GRP, 2,282 fatalities were reported on Mumbai's suburban railway network in 2024 due to various reasons such as trespassing, pole hitting, falling from running trains, falling in platform gap etc." Giving the district-wise fatalities in the suburban railway network, Mr. Vaishnaw said that while Mumbai reported 1408 fatalities, Thane recorded 615 such cases. He added that Raigarh and Navi Mumbai registered 128 and 131 cases of fatalities respectively. Talking about the recent train incident in Mumbai suburban, Mr. Vaishnaw said a committee has been constituted to investigate the cause of the incident near Mumbra station. He also highlighted passenger safety initiatives and said that the introduction of AC local trains equipped with automatic doors in Mumbai has been a welcome initiative to enhance commuters' safety and reduce incidents related to overcrowding. "The automatic doors prevent passengers from hanging on footboards or boarding moving trains which is a major cause of fatal accidents. These doors remain closed while the train is in motion and open only at stations when the train is stationary, thereby significantly reducing the risk of falls," Mr. Vaishnaw said. "Increase in frequency of the train services including suburban train services is an ongoing process over Indian Railways subject to operational feasibility, traffic justification and availability of resources etc," Union Miniter Vishnaw added.
Time of India
2 hours ago
- Time of India
2,282 fatalities reported on Mumbai's suburban railway network in 2024: Railway minister
A total of 2,282 fatalities were reported on Mumbai's suburban railway network in 2024 due to trespassing, pole hitting, falling from running trains and in platform gaps and other reasons, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Vaishnaw's written reply was in response to the issue of commuters' safety on Mumbai suburban trains raised by Congress MP Sasikanth Senthil. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Please select course: Select a Course Category Digital Marketing Product Management Artificial Intelligence Design Thinking Data Analytics healthcare others Operations Management Cybersecurity Data Science Management Data Science PGDM Others Finance CXO MCA Healthcare Public Policy Project Management MBA Degree Leadership Technology Skills you'll gain: Digital Marketing Strategies Customer Journey Mapping Paid Advertising Campaign Management Emerging Technologies in Digital Marketing Duration: 12 Weeks Indian School of Business Digital Marketing and Analytics Starts on May 14, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Digital Marketing Strategy Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Social Media Marketing & Advertising Data Analytics & Measurement Duration: 24 Weeks Indian School of Business Professional Certificate Programme in Digital Marketing Starts on Jun 26, 2024 Get Details The minister said that 'police' and 'public order' are state subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution and therefore, state governments are responsible for prevention, detection, registration, and investigation of crime and maintenance of law and order on Railways through their law enforcement agencies, viz. Government Railway Police (GRP)/district police. "Railway Protection Force (RPF) supplements the efforts of GRP/ district police to provide better protection and security to railway property, passenger area and passengers and for matters connected therewith," he said. He added, "As per information received from GRP, 2,282 fatalities were reported on Mumbai's suburban railway network in 2024 due to various reasons such as trespassing, pole hitting, falling from running trains, falling in platform gap etc." Live Events Giving the district-wise fatalities in the suburban railway network, Vaishnaw said that while Mumbai reported 1408 fatalities, Thane recorded 615 such cases. He added that Raigarh and Navi Mumbai registered 128 and 131 cases of fatalities respectively. Talking about the recent train incident in Mumbai suburban, he said a committee has been constituted to investigate the cause of the incident near Mumbra station. He also highlighted passenger safety initiatives and said that the introduction of AC local trains equipped with automatic doors in Mumbai has been a welcome initiative to enhance commuters' safety and reduce incidents related to overcrowding. "The automatic doors prevent passengers from hanging on footboards or boarding moving trains which is a major cause of fatal accidents. These doors remain closed while the train is in motion and open only at stations when the train is stationary, thereby significantly reducing the risk of falls," Vaishnaw said. "Increase in frequency of the train services including suburban train services is an ongoing process over Indian Railways subject to operational feasibility, traffic justification and availability of resources etc," he added.
Hindustan Times
9 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Eight illegal Bangladeshis on way to Chennai held in Assam, fake documents recovered
The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Tuesday detained eight Bangladeshi nationals at Assam's New Bongaigaon Railway Station for allegedly entering India illegally and attempting to travel to Chennai for work, police officials said. Representational. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) The detainees—identified as Babu Sheikh, Ashraful Haque, Alamin Ali, Mamun Sheikh, Mohammad Ali, Rahul Amin, Musharraf Ali, and Asharul Haque—are all residents of Jamalpur district in central Bangladesh and aged between 19 and 22, according to police.. During initial interrogation, the men admitted they had crossed into India illegally through the porous India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya, allegedly by walking through hilly terrain and a broken fencing area. They claimed to have paid ₹9,000 each to a cross-border racket to facilitate their entry. 'All eight of us walked across the hills last evening and crossed the border through a broken fence. We were headed to Chennai for work and had paid money to some agents,' one of the detainees told reporters at the station on Tuesday morning. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mohanlal Meena said the group had planned to board a train to Chennai from Bongaigaon. 'They had fake documents in their possession, including Aadhaar cards and voter IDs. One of the eight individuals had earlier stayed in India for nearly a year and appears to be fluent in Hindi, Tamil, and Assamese. He is suspected to have led the group,' Meena said. The SSP added that the individual in question had obtained multiple Indian identity documents under false pretenses and told police that securing such forged papers was not difficult. The GRP has registered a case, and the suspects are being interrogated. Their identities and immigration status are being verified in coordination with central intelligence and border security agencies. Authorities suspect the involvement of a broader human trafficking or illegal migration network and have launched an investigation into possible facilitators on both sides of the border. SSP Meena further noted that the arrested individuals were found mingling with local migrant workers from Assam who were returning home from Delhi, Gurugram, and nearby areas following intensified crackdowns in those regions. 'While the returning workers are Indian nationals, these eight suspects were hiding among them at the station. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, GRP conducted a search operation and detained them,' Meena added. All eight individuals remain in GRP custody, and further legal action is underway.
Time of India
16 hours ago
- Time of India
56 women rescued from trafficking bid at NJP station
Siliguri: Govt Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) officers on Monday rescued 56 women from the Patna-bound Capital Express at New Jalpaiguri (NJP) station and arrested two persons on suspicion of trafficking. The accused, identified as Jitendra Kumar Paswan and Chandrima Kaur, were produced in court on Tuesday and remanded in police custody for seven days. Around 9pm on Monday, GRP and RPF personnel noticed a large group of women boarding the train. None of the women had valid train tickets, but all had their coach and berth numbers written on their hands. According to a GRP officer, the women — hailing from Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and Dooars region of north Bengal — were told they were going to Bengaluru to get employment at a phone manufacturing company. However, the train they had been put on was headed to Patna. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata The officers then questioned Paswan and Kaur, who were accompanying the women. The duo's statements were inconsistent and they failed to provide any documents verifying the existence of the company, following which they were arrested. "The women, aged between 18 and 21, were given hotel management training for three months and were told they would get a job at a mobile phone company. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like This Could Be the Best Time to Trade Gold in 5 Years IC Markets Learn More Undo All 56 are students," said GRP deputy SP Parijat Sarkar. "Only after a thorough investigation will we be able to comment on what appears to be a major case of attempted trafficking," he added. All 56 women were taken to NJP GRP police station, where their families arrived to take them home. The father of one them said: "She got a call claiming there would be a three-month training programme in Siliguri, after which the girls would get jobs. We had no idea that it could be a trap. This has taught us a hard lesson."
Indian Express
18 hours ago
- Indian Express
Bengal: 56 women being trafficked rescued from Patna-bound train, 2 traffickers arrested
Fifty-six women who were allegedly being trafficked were rescued from a Jalpaiguri-Patna train and two persons have been arrested in this connection, officials said. The operation was carried out by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP). The suspected traffickers were nabbed at the New Jalpaiguri railway station on Monday. 'The rescue operation took place aboard Train No. 13245 DN, the New Jalpaiguri-Patna Capital Express. RPF officials along with RPF and GRP personnel conducted an intensive check on the train,' read an official statement. The officials said they became suspicious when they observed a large group of young women travelling together. Upon questioning, glaring inconsistencies were found in the travel plans of the women, aged between 18 and 31.
