The menace of rooftop travel on suburban trains seems to have greatly reduced in the past three years. Cases of people electrocuted while travelling on top of trains have dropped by nearly 45 per cent, records show. WR officials said extensive awareness drives conducted by them in schools and colleges may have contributed to the falling numbers.

The railway might be Mumbai's lifeline, but on an average, eight people die every day on its tracks. Most of them are cases of track-crossing. If authorities are to be believed, rooftop travel is the second largest cause of railway accidents, after track-crossing.