Social media is often flooded with complaints from the passengers of Indian Railways. Several passengers take social media’s help, to complain about the issues they face while traveling – from the bland food and dirty washrooms to erratic schedules.
This time a passenger took to Twitter (X) to share a surprising picture of cockroaches crawling around his train seat in the A/C compartment of the Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express.
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A Twitter user shared his horrific train journey experience
In the latest incident, a passenger took to Twitter to complain about his experience on a train journey where he found cockroaches near his seat.
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Yes, you read that right. A passenger named Aatif Ali, who was traveling in the A/C compartment of the Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express, revealed that cockroaches were crawling near his seat. In his Tweet, the passenger shared a picture of cockroaches near his seat and wrote that the roaches even crawled on their bodies while they were sleeping.
He wrote,
”Train number 12708 A/C compartment, had cockroaches roaming on our bodies while we were asleep WHERE IS THE PROMISED HYGIENE?”
Train number 12708 A/C compartment, had cockroaches roaming on our bodies while we were asleep
WHERE IS THE PROMISED HYGIENE? @PMOIndia @RailMinIndia @Central_Railway @AshwiniVaishnaw @RailwaySeva @drmsecunderabad@drmhyb pic.twitter.com/bzWwD5xxFR— Aatif Ali (@AatifAli2003) August 7, 2023
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The Tweet has gone insanely viral on social media and has garnered attention from all over. Several people took to the comments section and came up with several issues they faced while traveling on Indian railways.
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The Tweet also caught the attention of Indian Railways, who were quick to respond to the passenger’s complaint
Railway Seva replied to the passenger’s tweet addressing his grievances. The reply read:
“We request you to please share the journey details (PNR/UTS No.) and Mobile No. with us preferably via DM. You may also raise your concern directly at http://railmadad.indianrailways.gov.in or dial 139 for speedy redressal”
We request you to please share the journey details (PNR/UTS No.) and Mobile No. with us preferably via DM. You may also raise your concern directly on https://t.co/JNjgaq1zyT or dial 139 for speedy redressal.
https://t.co/utEzIqB89U— RailwaySeva (@RailwaySeva) August 7, 2023
They also informed the passenger that the matter has been escalated to the higher authorities.
For necessary action escalated to the concerned official @Drmgtl
— RailwaySeva (@RailwaySeva) August 7, 2023
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Check out the reactions of Twitter users:
Even food quality has become poor. (Curd and pickle were there but did not come). The rice quality was very poor. A little bit of pulse, filled with blah blah vegetables. pic.twitter.com/4BN4PiT75O
— Satya Prakash ⚛️ (@sa8ypr) August 7, 2023
Same experience in train number 15024, Coach B1 and seat number 8 journey date Aug 4
— AKB (@amitb131) August 7, 2023
They’ll bring kala hit and spray it around and will ask you to mark this as solved..
— Shehnawaz khan (@Shzkhan01) August 7, 2023
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Be happy that atleast we have trains. And railways not given to Adani ji, till now. 8 hours delay I faced in super-fast trains. Guess why ? Probably Bcoz Adani Ji’s coal lot was urgent to be passed by mall-wagons. Vikas uncle ki jai 😅
— Myduz Web Studio (@tazmyduz) August 7, 2023
Indian railways ensuring that people travelling alone don’t feel lonely and always have company!
— Pratik Panda (@_PratikPanda) August 7, 2023
Ohh hygiene,, are you joking ?they only hype one-day-bharat topic all day night.
— bikash (@itsmebikash89) August 7, 2023
They have been specifically released by the rail ministry, to clean up the mess created by the passengers.
— Ganesh (@im__ganeshiyer) August 7, 2023
Kranti express mein nayi type ki kranti 🤮
— PARUL from INDIA 🇮🇳 (@parulnagpal) August 7, 2023
Earlier, a passenger traveling in a Vande Bharat Express expressed his shocker after he found a cockroach in a meal served by IRCTC. A passenger named Subodh Pahallajan shared a few images of the meal which showed a cockroach stuck on the roti. He wrote:
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“@IRCTCofficial found a cockroach in my food, in the Vande Bharat train”
Railways Sewa had issued an apology for the ‘unpleasant experience’ and said appropriate action would be taken. The tweet read:
“We did not intend for this unpleasant experience. Appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such incidents will not be repeated. Request you to share your PNR and mobile number preferably in Direct Message (DM) with us,”
It seems that Indian Railways have a lot of problems and complaints to solve at hand.
