The city’s railway lines have 174 chronic accident spots, where commuters die crossing the tracks, according to government railway police’s audit for 2016. More than 1,500 people have been killed while crossing the tracks (trespassing) till August this year. According to the statistics obtained through a right to information plea filed by activist Sameer Jhaveri, 3,202 people died, while 3,363 were injured on the railway tracks in 2016. The GRP’s audit over the past two years shows that at least 10 people die on the railway tracks daily, of which six are because of trespassing. The GRP audit states that providing dividers between tracks, clearing encroachment and boosting east-west connectivity can improve matters.

Source: Hindustan Times November 30, 2017 06:11 UTC