Make ambulances available at stations, state human rights body tells railways

nbsp;The SHRC took suo-motu cognisance of the issue following a report in a local newspaper about a woman who died early this year at the Dadar station. The news report had mentioned that the station master on duty, Ashok Sankpal refused to arrange for an ambulance on the pretext that it was not the railway8217;s responsibility to do so. The victim, Anitadevi Sahu8217;s body which lay at the station for a couple of hours was later taken on a pull cart to a nearby hospital.

The Commissioner of Police, Railways, said that abiding by the recent Bombay High court order- both central and western railway authorities will make utilities like ambulances, stretchers, gloves and first-aid box available at every railway station.

nbsp;Directing the general manager of Central and Western Railway to file a compliance report within three months, chairperson of SHRC, Justice Kshitij Vyas in the order stated that, 8220;It is high time that railway authorities take cognisance of the seriousness of the issue and arrange for immediate implementation of the High Court directions8221;