Prakash Gangaram Pawar, 57, has been working as a Gangman at the Dadar Railway station for the last 35 years. Just like Prakash, there are thousands of other gangmen working on railway tracks round-the-clock, risking their lives to ensure that railway commuters get to their destination safely. Fighting through adversities such as rough weather, the risk of getting run over by moving trains, derailments and other challenges, these railway employees make sure that the suburban railway in Mumbai never comes to a standstill.

So, who really is a Gangman?

Prakash says, "A Gangman is a person who looks after the maintenance of the railway tracks." He explains how they work,"We have names for different railway lines on tracks, we call line 1 down local, line 2 is called up local, 3rd track is called down through, line 4 is up through and line 5 is called ST line. So this way, we identify different railway lines. So whenever issues or faults occur on tracks we use these references to communicate and identify the lines and quickly reach the spot to solve the problem."