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Cases of passengers overcrowding trains and occupying every space possible are increasing by the day. A new video showing many passengers sleeping near the toilet area on the Chhattisgarh Express train is grabbing eyeballs.
The clip opens with men sleeping near the attendant’s seat adjacent to the toilet area of the train. As the video progresses, it shows two women sleeping amid the chaos, and a few men struggling to make space for themselves.
Sharing the video, an X user Sachin Gupta wrote, “This sight is of Chhattisgarh Express (train no. 18237). Seat, floor, gate, gallery, bathroom…whoever found a place, fell asleep sitting there. Railway Minister from Eurasia, please pay some attention to the trains for the poor and increase the number of coaches.”
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The video amassed over 42,000 views, and sparked outrage on X. Users slammed the Ministry of Railways for poor management of trains. Reacting to the video, a user commented, “For how long will this continue? Why are the sleeper coaches not working in railway passenger trains? Common man is travelling like this and we talk of the India of dreams.” Another user wrote, “Railways used to be for the poor but now it is for the rich.”
“Ye humara desh nhi ho skta! (This cannot be our country) Inconvenience is highly appreciated!” a third user reacted.
On Monday, a video of ticketless passengers overcrowding the Lucknow-Haridwar Vande Bharat Express went viral. The video showed the train flooded with passengers with no tickets, struggling for seats.
