Out of 15,000 deaths every year on the railway system, Mumbai alone has recorded almost 6,000 deaths, according to a report released by the Comptroller Audit General (CAG).
The report further states that most of these deaths can be attributed to trespassing that takes place due to lack of barricading, fencing and reluctance to replace pedestrian crossing with foot overbridges (FOBs) among other reasons.
During a period of five years, from January 2010 to December 2014, the railways recorded 33,445 deaths, of which 59 per cent (19,868) occurred due to trespassing. However, what's more alarming is that 52.74 per cent deaths (17,638) occurred in Mumbai suburban sections of Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) alone.
While the deaths on CR and WR were due to various reasons, on the Eastern Railways (ER), 1,014 passengers died due to hitting/crashing with poles.
Of the total number of deaths, 4,885 (15 per cent) of the people died due to falling from running trains. Of this statistics, almost 4,002 deaths (82 per cent) were recorded in Mumbai. These numbers are a clear indication of how overcrowded and congested Mumbai trains are.
The report has further stated that the maximum number of deaths (1,117) occur in Jogeshwari-Dahisar section on the WR, closely followed by 849 deaths in the Mira Road-Virar section.
The CAG report has assessed that medical facilities are sorely lacking at all stations. In response to a PIL filed in 2014, the Bombay High Court had directed the railway administration to set up Emergency Medical Rooms (EMRs) along the lines of a "Trauma Care Centre".
It's a lot of people we Mumbaikars travel with
A survey carried out by the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) a couple of years ago threw up some startling numbers. Like how during the morning peak hour (8:30am-9:30am), there is a whopping 5,560 people inside a 12-coach train when the ideal capacity is 3,522, an overloading of almost 58 per cent. A slow train during the morning peak hour carried around 4,182 passengers, an overloading of 18 per cent. During the evening peak hour, the highest crowd on a train is 5,568, the overloading reaming at 58 per cent. A slow train will have around 4,573 passengers, an overload of 29 per cent. A train's ideal capacity of 3,522 is found by assuming that for every seat on a train, total being 1,174, there will be two people standing. This means overloading of anything above 15 per cent is inhuman.
CR: 145 crore passengers per year, which works out to 39.7 lakh passengers per day
WR: 128 crore passengers per year, which works out to 35 lakh passengers per day
Population of India as per Census 2011: 121 crore
Therefore, between them CR and WR carry 273 crore passengers per year, which works out to transporting all of India 2.25 times, or the entire population of Maharashtra (as per Census 2011, it is 11.2 crore) 24.8 times, or the population of Mumbai (1.9 crore as per Census 2011) some 143 times
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