Since mid-June, soon after the trains restarted after months of COVID-19 lockdown, the Government Railway Police (GRP) recorded over 150 deaths on Central Railway and Western Railway. There were fewer deaths during the lockdown, but casualties shot up as soon as some trains were rolled back on tracks, even though only employees in the essential services were allowed to take the locals.

OF the 151 deaths that took place between June 15 and September 30, 135 people died crossing the railway line and 16 died after falling from the moving train, according to the GRP data. Among those who died crossing the railway line were 126 men and nine women, while 14 men and two women died after falling from the train.