Mumbai: Man Slips From Crowded Local Train, Netizens Express Shock

In a shocking development, an old video of a passenger falling off a crowded train in Mumbai has gone viral on social media. This comes at a time when the city is struggling with heavy rains. 

In the video, which was filmed in 2022, one Danish Zakir Hussain is seen struggling to get a foothold on the train’s footboard. He was travelling from Kalwa, Thane to Dadar at 9:30 am.

He soon had a mishap and, before anybody could realize, he fell onto the tracks. This left spectators horrified.

After this video resurfaced, netizens expressed absolute rage over this horrific incident. They highlighted how Mumbai has been dealing with overcrowding for a long time. Some of them pointed out that people often end up risking their lives just to get to work in the crowded city. 

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Reacting to this video, many users expressed their frustration with one saying ”The passengers travelling by local trains in Mumbai have been facing overcrowded trains issue for a long time now, the passengers are risking their lives to travel by local trains. This issue has to be resolved by taking it seriously.”

But another user expressed a different point of view saying, ‘There are people who just like to hang, yes it gets crowded at the same time, have travelled several times when inside there is enough space, yet Bravehearts love to hang on door, holding very thin lining on the door.’

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The Third user offering a solution said ‘More & More Trains should be deployed for Mumbai for Local people/Local Trains & decrease the time of Long travel passenger trains and start more local trains and adjust the timings so no one would suffer after work.’