Even when it is a matter of life and death, you can’t rely on the authorities to get their act together. Far from putting their heads together to think of ways to curb railway fatalities, the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) can’t even agree on the number of people who have died trespassing. Both the rival agencies took note of all trespassing deaths on Western Railway between January and April but, somehow, the GRP records show 44 more deaths than the RPF.

According to the GRP, an average of 10 people die trespassing every day. File pic for representation