HARASSING PASSENGERS OF KOLKATA SUBURBAN TRAINS CONTINUES…

TNI News Service

Webdesk, TNI Kolkata, 13^th September, 2016: No doubt every year in the rail budget, the train ticket prices are going up regularly with the logic shown by the Railway Department as an increase in security, comfort, food and other facility charges goes up every year. On the other hand, the complaints of the passenger’s front are also on the rise every day. In Kolkata, the daily EMU experiences remain as it is. Maybe people from early eighties travellers used to complain of harassing by daily commuters having monthly tickets to the occasional passengers for seat occupancy. The unethical practice remains as it is. Railway takes a napping attitude to the complaints given every day by the travellers of the local EMU rail services in Kolkata.

You name it, and you have it Howrah – Satragachi local, Satragachi – Pashkura local, Kharagpur – Jhargram Local, Bongaon local, Dankuni local, Naihati local, Santipur Local, Krishnanagar local, Budge Budge local, Diamond Harbour Local, Baruipur Local etc. You may be a passenger of Sealdah route or Howrah route, you can be subject to some harassment by the local passengers at some point of time for the seat occupancy. Sometimes it may raise up to the level of physical fights not to mention the foul languages used along with taunts. Mr. Binimoy Sarkar of New Barrack pore prefers to travel by Jessore Road bus service rather than to travel by EMU to Kolkata to avoid the rush and add-on abuses. An age-old technique used by the daily commuters (mostly belonging to government service holders, pvt companies, daily street hawkers etc.) by placing handkerchiefs, newspaper, handbags etc. for the travellers who would board the train in the next stations. If also some other travellers get into the train they were not allowed to sit in the earmarked seats. The misery continues and till date, there is no respite.

Photo: Pranobesh De (Krishnagar)