New foot overbridge at Kurla, Thane stations leads straight to men's toilet

Commuters are forced to stare right into the mens loo while descending from the FOB at Kurla stationWomen commuters in Mumbai always get the crappiest deal and now they have to put up with the shitty view from the new foot overbridge FOB at Kurla station The multicrore FOB on the Kalyanend leads directly to the entrance of the mens toilet and commuters are forced to stare right into the loo as they head down the stairs to platform 2 Thanks to this many women have now stopped using the FOB altogetherThe Kurla FOB is not the only example of bad planning by the railway authorities mdash at Thane station one end of the new FOB lands at the entrance to the mens urinal while the other end is a death trap with iron rods jutting out At both stations the mens loo blocks easy access to the FOB and commuters cannot escape either the stench or the unfortunate view of the interiors of the toiletIron rods jutting out at the FOB at Thane station Commuters raise a stinkIt is so sad that before spending so much money no thought or planning seems to have happened as to where the bridge landings and access open up I am sure someone must have surveyed the area but that person either did not understand the layout or was just insensitive enough to ignore it said Sarla Aniket Joshi a commuter from Nehru Nagar Kurla I just passed through the stretch once and never used it again This just shows how insensitive the railway officials are she addedAlso read Toilets at railways stations are the dirtiest SurveyDivisional railway officials said the Kurla bridge was built under the trespass control programme by the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation MRVC and is very helpful in decongesting the stationTurns out whether youre a man or woman the FOBs location is causing problems to everyone The FOB is no doubt helpful but has been built without a thought While many women have stopped using this particular landing many men have also stopped using the public toilet as it exposes them to a sea of commuters alighting from the bridge said another commuter Rakesh MohanAt Thane station the new bridge is at the CSMTend south end of the station and at least two of its landings are problematic The staircase on platform 1 has a number of iron rods jutting out at the head level and they could be dangerous to unsuspecting commuters This is negligence by the railways said Ravi Tripathi a Thane commuterHe added As for platform 2 the FOB staircase lands right front of the toilet block The toilet should be shifted so that commuters using the FOB do not have to pass by itPurdah systemSunil Udasi CRs chief public relations officer said that the concerned toilet blocks would be relocated soon The railways are already in the process of shifting these toilet blocks As a temporary measure we will try to install a partition or viewcutter However this is not enough according to Subhash Gupta former member of the Central Railways Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee ZRUCC who blasted the railways and demanded that the responsible officers be pulled up The railways should shift the concerned toilet blocks immediately and stop making a mockery of passenger amenities Whoever planned the FOB in this manner should be dealt with strongly Gupta saidCatch up on all the latest Mumbai National and International news hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go