Train journeys in India are not always a comfortable affair and overcrowding is a major issue that concerns the passengers. There are situations like packed AC coaches and ticketless passengers that add to the frustration. There are often such incidents when a passenger shares their grievances on social media platforms. Recently, a video of a woman talking about her grievances to a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) went viral. The response of the Travelling Ticket Examiner is gaining attention among the netizens.
A viral video showcasing a woman venting about the overcrowded coaches to the ticket checker
The woman passenger was traveling in the Indian Railways on the 22969 OKHA BSBS SF EXP (Okha to Kanpur Central) train. In the video, the woman can be seen complaining about how the passengers are uncomfortable in an overcrowded train. She also adds that with so many men crowding the coaches how women can feel safe? She also mentions the lack of space to walk inside the coach, she says there is no space to stand, move, or even go to the loo.
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The video of this incident was posted by X user @mshahi0024. Sharing the video, the X user wrote,
“TC: “Sorry, I am not a minister. 22969 train filled with passengers like animals, with no way even to urinate, and passengers are left stranded at the stations. Helpless girl: Sir, please make me sit on the train; the coach is full; how will a girl go among the boys?”
TC : “SORRY I am not a minister”🔥🔥
– 22969 train filled with passengers like animals, no way even to urinate, passengers are left stranded at the stations.”
Helpless Girl: Sir please make me sit in the train,the coach is full, how will a girl go among the boys?#railways 🤦 pic.twitter.com/h3FqkD4dw6
— Manu🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@mshahi0024) April 12, 2024
This post shared on April 12 garnered more than nine lakh views. Numerous people flooded the comments section of the post and expressed their opinions.
The unexpected response of the TTE attracted a lot of response from netizens
The TTE, standing at the train’s gate can be seen folding his hands and replying to the woman by saying that he cannot help as he is not the Railways Minister. He said,
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“I cannot do anything in this matter. I cannot make extra trains run as I am not the Railways Minister.”
The woman apparently wanted to move to a less crowded coach, but after listening to the TTE’s response she replied back saying,
“You are only concerned about your safety and not the security of women or passengers.”
Here’s how X users reacted to the clip
Some slammed the TTE for his weak response while others didn’t put all the blame on the TTE, as the solution to such an issue was not in his hands.
The true state of Indian Railways! Nothing, absolutely nothing has been done by Modi Government for railways in the last 10 years for passengers convenience. And people who will say Vande Bharat- that’s a shatabdi turned fancy dabba with high prices that India can’t afford!
— Rajat Agarwala (@RjtAg222) April 13, 2024
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Forget about railways, and railway Staff as a railway servent I’m a locopilot, even my controller didn’t helped me when I got heart attack in middle of my duty… Day by day railways are working Unsafe and worst with passengers Ans staff
— Santosh Kumar (@santosh11225) April 14, 2024
Need big reforms for general coaches
— Stocks to buy / avoid (@Sarab75219750) April 13, 2024
Issi ladki se pucho ek baar…. Fir bhi wo bolegi, Aayega to Modi 🤣🤣🤣
— Anup Agrawal 🇮🇳 (@anupagrawal23) April 12, 2024
Atleast on Railway front, Modi failed India. But opposition talks about caste census, 1 lac free payments, reinstatement of 370, bla bla.
— Sagar Shridesh (@sagar56164862) April 13, 2024
Govt. must do something on this front also.
Either increase train coaches/capacity or strictly prevent the unauthorized individuals to enter reserved coaches.— Desh mein kuch bhi (@deshMeinkuchbhi) April 13, 2024
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Glad that TC didn’t give her any special privileges. Men don’t get any why should women get then
— 498a Kills (@498aKills85768) April 13, 2024
Unfortunately, this is the true realty of current Railways.. They seems to be gone totally wrong with priorities.. Stations getting good infra.. But inside a train, things are not great… Be it crowd with unreserved ppls or washroom cleanliness.. Etc
— PRAMOD (@mobi_developer) April 13, 2024
@Ananth_IRAS Sir,
Whether TC power is limited in this case ?— Shyam SundarSingh J (@sundarsinghece) April 13, 2024
I request Railways authorities to be responsible and responsive to the need of ladies travelling in trains.
— Dharmendra Sharma (@Dharmen58338899) April 13, 2024
Ridiculous demands can’t be met. Planning my journey is my own problem, and if I don’t do so, I should be ready to face the problems. How can a TTE arrange for a seat to her in a crowded coach?? Kuchh bhi??
— Gaurav Kumar Pandey (@vishnu4782) April 13, 2024
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