The railway authorities finally confirmed they will begin closing the platform gaps across the network. It has been a long and painful road to get here but we forced them to take responsibility for these preventable tragedies. I will keep watching to ensure they follow through on the work they …
January 21, 2019
Final supporters
Several serious platform gap mutilation incidents and a deaths are frequent in Mumbai and other railway stations in India.
So many people are losing their lives due to BIG gap between train footboard and platform. Below is the real painful story of a sister who lost her brother in recent train accident.
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I, Dr. Pushpa Gohil, with grief and deep agony want to draw your attention towards the serious issue of wide gap between the rake and platform in Mumbai local railway stations. My eldest brother Mr. Ramesh Kanji Gohil aged 45yrs. was working in B.M.C. at Bandra residing at Tilaknagar with small and happy family comprising of wife and 2 kids.
On 6th oct 2018 he was returning from office as usual with lot many plans of upcoming festivals Navaratri and Diwali and his sweet daughter's b'day. At Chunabhatti station while boarding the train he lost his balance and slipped into the gap and got crushed by the train leaving all of us stunned and traumatised. Our family is completely destroyed. All our dreams shattered. Its almost 2 months and still we are not being able to come out of the grief of losing our loved one.
And all this has happened because of the KILLER GAP between the rake and the platform. If there was no gap he might have escaped with serious or minor injuries. My question to you is- who is responsible for his fatal accident? How many more lives will be scarified due to the ignorance? How many more families will be destroyed because of this issue? Why everyday commuters have to travel at their own risk? Why after so many accidents taken place in past many years railway hasn't taken stringent action to increase the platform heights at all such vulnerable stations yet? or mitigate the risk of people being slipped into the gap.
Our family has faced irreparable loss by losing our patriarch. Hence its an earnest and humble request to all of you to come together and make ONE voice to the authority to get this issue handled on priority. Government has to take immediate action to bridge this wide gap so that further sacrifies of valuable human lives can be averted. I agree that railway had indeed taken action and raised the platform heights. But ONLY at few stations. After that the work again stopped leaving commuters travel precariously. I would be grateful to you if you look into this matter personally and prevent further mishaps.
Looking for positive supoport.
Together we CAN and we WILL make a difference.
Dr. Pushpa Gohil
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Thank you in advance for all your support !!
Regards,
Haresh Solanki
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
December 1, 2018
December 1, 2018
One hundred people have signed on to demand safer platforms. It is hard to keep looking at these numbers knowing that every one of them represents another life at risk on these tracks but I am not stopping.
Reached 100 supporters
November 30, 2018
243 Comments
Since I have knee pain I have stopped traveling by train as I am not able to climb when the gap between train entry and platform is too much. Want railways to set it right.
The gap at Chunabhatti is a death trap. Every time you get off/ on the train it is a risk. In the rush it becomes a life and death issue. Railway authorities must look into this matter before any more lives are lost.
I strongly agree and support the family and this movement as well I also travel by train and hearing something like this makes me feel worried and scared to travel I have been in a good bond with the family and I can clearly see what they are going through and this issue is not personal issue but is something that we all need to look into....
Have seen lot of accidents and mishapp happening at the station and have majorly seen people falling in between the gaps as we don't have any uniform. Heights of the locals the old local has a different step heights ND the new has there own. I think good initiative by Dr Gohil
The gaps are dangerous and not at all differently abled friendly either. Shouldnt this be a basic infrastructure requirement and also safety measure. This is more of priority than high end trains.
Suffered from wide gap between railway platform and footboard in Vatakara and Kozhikode stations.
I agree to this point
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The railway authorities finally confirmed they will begin closing the platform gaps across the network. It has been a long and painful road to get here but we forced them to take responsibility for these preventable tragedies. I will keep watching to ensure they follow through on the work they …
January 21, 2019
Final supporters
Several serious platform gap mutilation incidents and a deaths are frequent in Mumbai and other railway stations in India.
So many people are losing their lives due to BIG gap between train footboard and platform. Below is the real painful story of a sister who lost her brother in recent train accident.
===============================================================
I, Dr. Pushpa Gohil, with grief and deep agony want to draw your attention towards the serious issue of wide gap between the rake and platform in Mumbai local railway stations. My eldest brother Mr. Ramesh Kanji Gohil aged 45yrs. was working in B.M.C. at Bandra residing at Tilaknagar with small and happy family comprising of wife and 2 kids.
On 6th oct 2018 he was returning from office as usual with lot many plans of upcoming festivals Navaratri and Diwali and his sweet daughter's b'day. At Chunabhatti station while boarding the train he lost his balance and slipped into the gap and got crushed by the train leaving all of us stunned and traumatised. Our family is completely destroyed. All our dreams shattered. Its almost 2 months and still we are not being able to come out of the grief of losing our loved one.
And all this has happened because of the KILLER GAP between the rake and the platform. If there was no gap he might have escaped with serious or minor injuries. My question to you is- who is responsible for his fatal accident? How many more lives will be scarified due to the ignorance? How many more families will be destroyed because of this issue? Why everyday commuters have to travel at their own risk? Why after so many accidents taken place in past many years railway hasn't taken stringent action to increase the platform heights at all such vulnerable stations yet? or mitigate the risk of people being slipped into the gap.
Our family has faced irreparable loss by losing our patriarch. Hence its an earnest and humble request to all of you to come together and make ONE voice to the authority to get this issue handled on priority. Government has to take immediate action to bridge this wide gap so that further sacrifies of valuable human lives can be averted. I agree that railway had indeed taken action and raised the platform heights. But ONLY at few stations. After that the work again stopped leaving commuters travel precariously. I would be grateful to you if you look into this matter personally and prevent further mishaps.
Looking for positive supoport.
Together we CAN and we WILL make a difference.
Dr. Pushpa Gohil
===============================================================
Thank you in advance for all your support !!
Regards,
Haresh Solanki
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
December 1, 2018
December 1, 2018
One hundred people have signed on to demand safer platforms. It is hard to keep looking at these numbers knowing that every one of them represents another life at risk on these tracks but I am not stopping.
Reached 100 supporters
November 30, 2018
243 Comments
Please do something with regard to the platforms urgently, it's life threatening on a daily basis. It is a plea for help more than a request at this stage. If the govt has money to build statues but does not care about the life of the nation's ppl, what hope do we have left as citizens! #narendramodi
Since I have knee pain I have stopped traveling by train as I am not able to climb when the gap between train entry and platform is too much. Want railways to set it right.
The gap at Chunabhatti is a death trap. Every time you get off/ on the train it is a risk. In the rush it becomes a life and death issue. Railway authorities must look into this matter before any more lives are lost.
I strongly agree and support the family and this movement as well I also travel by train and hearing something like this makes me feel worried and scared to travel I have been in a good bond with the family and I can clearly see what they are going through and this issue is not personal issue but is something that we all need to look into....
Have seen lot of accidents and mishapp happening at the station and have majorly seen people falling in between the gaps as we don't have any uniform. Heights of the locals the old local has a different step heights ND the new has there own. I think good initiative by Dr Gohil
The gaps are dangerous and not at all differently abled friendly either. Shouldnt this be a basic infrastructure requirement and also safety measure. This is more of priority than high end trains.
Suffered from wide gap between railway platform and footboard in Vatakara and Kozhikode stations.
I agree to this point
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Please do something with regard to the platforms urgently, it's life threatening on a daily basis. It is a plea for help more than a request at this stage. If the govt has money to build statues but does not care about the life of the nation's ppl, what hope do we have left as citizens! #narendramodi