Andheri Stn fenced in after car intrusions

In a bid to save face after having to contend with two incidents wherein people drove their cars onto Andheri Station's platform No 1, the Western Railway has placed metal bollards at the western entrance of the station.

On November 25, Rajesh Yadav, a driver with a private firm, drove his car onto Andheri Station's platform No 1, at the time designated as platform number 6.

However, it was later discovered that Yadav was suffering from a medical condition that rendered him severely disoriented.

This condition later led to Yadav having a brain haemorrhage later that night in the hospital. On February 20, cricketer Harmeet Jasbir Singh drove his Hyundai Verna car within sniffing distance of a local train on the same platform.

The incident occurred at around 7.10 am.

The railways has also placed bollards at Mahim station, and has started plugging gaps in the walls at other stations because the railways finds itself at the centre of what security officials are calling a concerted effort by undesirable elements to sabotage railway operations.

As mentioned earlier by DNA, the railways nationwide faced 40 cases of sabotage between January and February 2017 as compared to 46 cases in 2016.