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Now, transgender to be included in rly statistics

The Government Railway Police (GRP) has started a new website, displaying figures of the number of men, women and transgender who have fallen victim to railway accidents. This is the first time that transgender have been included in the GRP administration statistics.

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According to GRP officers, they have been asked from their superiors to compile the list in three categories, male, female and transgender. u00a0The total number of accidents that took place from January 2012 till date is 4172, out of which seven are involving transgender. Out of 2007 deaths that took place this year, six were transgender.u00a0

A GRP official explained that many accidents involving transgender had taken place on railway tracks, but the GRP was confused about which gender category to list them under. “It is not that we ignored transgender, but there was no separate section to include their names,” said the official.

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