A debate has erupted over the kind of advertisements being displayed on Mumbai’s suburban local trains after commuters flagged controversial posters with reportedly ‘indecent’ visuals pasted on a Central Railway (CR) local train. Railway officials told mid-day the party concerned had been advised to remove the ads as early as possible.

Members of the Kalyan-Kasara-Karjat Railway Pravasi Sangh and Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee (DRUCC) of CR have strongly objected to the ads, calling it “shameful and inappropriate” for a public transport space used by lakhs of daily passengers, including school and college students, senior citizens, and women.