The viral video of the motorman halting a local train in order to take a leak on the tracks on Wednesday, has got the entire tribe up in arms. Motormen across the board say their non-stop long duty hours and toilets at railway stations located far from the motorman's cabin means they are forced to carry plastic bags or bottles to relieve themselves inside the train. They say repeated requests to the authorities to address the issue have only been ignored.

The motorman caught on camera has spoken about the pressure to be on time that forces them to forego something as basic as a toilet break. The motorman, identified as MP Singh, was on the Ambernath 36 train which was on its way back to CSMT. His non-stop duty stretched to six hours, interspersed with delays in reaching Amernath station. This gave him very little time to start the train for its return journey and meant he was unable to use the washroom. That's when he decided to take a quick loo break when the light turned red in the middle of the journey.