Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today rapped the railways for its lackadaisical approach towards safety of passengers and failure to provide better services in suburban local trains.
A division bench of Justices NH Patil and SB Shukre, which is hearing a batch of public interest litigations on the safety aspect, was today informed about the death of a 21-year-old man.
Bhavesh Nakhate, a resident of Dombivili, had died after falling from a crowded train on November 27 in Thane district neighbouring Mumbai.
"These deaths will continue unless you (railways) do something immediately. Nobody is taking this seriously. For railways it is just another death. This is a sorry state of affairs and the railways seems to be completely helpless," Justice Patil said.
The court sought to know from the railways as to what steps it has taken in the past few decades towards addressing the issue of over-crowding and increasing number of deaths of passengers.
"What have you done in the last five years? Population will continue to increase but is the railways prepared to handle the situation? Railway authorities should take every measure to ensure that people are not forced to over-crowd, make such arrangements that passengers do not mind skipping one train. There is complete lack of vision and planning," the court said.
The court said in future the coming generations should not face the same trouble the present one is facing and steps should be taken at the earliest.
Advocate Suresh Kumar, appearing for the railways, informed the high court that a meeting has been scheduled by the Advocate General with the authorities concerned tomorrow and the court's suggestions will be discussed.
The court has now posted the matter for hearing on December 16 and sought a report from the railways.
A division bench of Justices NH Patil and SB Shukre, which is hearing a batch of public interest litigations on the safety aspect, was today informed about the death of a 21-year-old man.
Bhavesh Nakhate, a resident of Dombivili, had died after falling from a crowded train on November 27 in Thane district neighbouring Mumbai.
The court sought to know from the railways as to what steps it has taken in the past few decades towards addressing the issue of over-crowding and increasing number of deaths of passengers.
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The court said in future the coming generations should not face the same trouble the present one is facing and steps should be taken at the earliest.
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The court has now posted the matter for hearing on December 16 and sought a report from the railways.
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