Watch: Viral video shows man deboarding train to open railway crossing gate in Bihar, sparks debate

The viral video shows a man deboarding a halted train to open a railway crossing it just crossed in Bihar's Siwan.

The viral video shows a train guard deboarding the train to open the railway crossing in Bihar's Begusarai (Image source: @yoursurajnaik/X)

Several train accidents have been reported in parts of India over the last months. Amid eyebrows being raised at the Ministry of Railways, a video of a man deboarding a train, halting it a few metres after a railway crossing, to open the railway gate in Bihar’s Siwan, has emerged on social media.

The viral video begins with a local reporter showing the closed railway crossing gate to his viewers while a train passes by. The train stops, and the man gets down, walks back to the crossing gate and opens it. The guard then walks back to the train and boards it.

Sharing the video, an X user Suraj G Naik wrote, “Wonder of the world The train guard or driver gets down and opens the railway gate. Is this the development of Bihar? Or is it the result of the hard work of the Railway Minister (Reel Mantri)?”

Watch the viral video here:

दुनिया का अजूबा ट्रेन गार्ड या ड्राइवर उतरकर गुमती को बंद करता है!!😱!!
क्या हे बिहार का विकास है? या रेल मंत्री (Reel Mantri) @AshwiniVaishnaw का मेहनत का कमाल है? pic.twitter.com/doVnX2u1se

— Suraj G Naik (@yoursurajnaik) August 1, 2024

Shared on August 1, the video garnered one million views and triggered a debate among social media users. Reacting to it, a user wrote, “Ashwini should resign with immediate effect !!” Another user commented, “This is the development of the ‘reel minister’, this is his hard work, if he is becoming a squirrel in building India then this will happen.”

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An Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer on X, J Sanjay Kumar, wrote, “Unmanned gates are completely abolished for public safety. Sections with few trains there is a concept of mobile gate man in order to not waste staff in 3 shifts at gates, 2 gatemen come with train. The front closes the gate & at back opens. He is not a Guard. They are in white uniform.”

The man in the video, however, was not in white uniform, and identified himself as a “guard” when the reporter asked if he was one.

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