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Central Railways’ novel idea of greasing the fences leads to zero trespass deaths at Dadar since February 16

Central Railways has launched various awareness campaigns to make passengers aware of the dangers of trespassing. 

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Central Railways' novel idea of greasing the fences leads to zero trespass deaths at Dadar since February 16

In order to prevent people from crossing the railways tracks which often leads to the tragic deaths, Central Railways has found a novel idea – greasing the fences that separate the tracks at railway platforms. As per the reports, so effective has the solution been that no deaths due to trespassing were reported at Dadar station since mid-February.

Railways is planning to install fences at other stations too. Moreover, the authorities have also launched various awareness campaigns via photos, artwork, videos and testimonials across media to make passengers aware of the dangers of trespassing.

“Dadar used to rank second-highest among all CR stations in terms of trespassing, but no trespassing deaths have been reported here since mid-February this year,” a daily quoted CR Additional Divisional Railway Manager Ashutosh Gupta as saying.

He added that they had observed many people trying to jump over the fences. As he toyed with the idea of greasing the fence, Gupta thought it best to first do it on a trial basis. So he got his staff to apply grease to the fencing between Platforms 2 and 3 at Dadar. “Now we have decided to extend this idea to other stations too,” he said.

A member of the CR Zonal Railway Users Consultative Council agreed that greasing the fences was a great idea. It was safe and affordable

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