Mumbai: Central Railway loco pilot risks life to restart express train halted on river bridge

A senior assistant loco pilot ALP of the Central Railway risked his life to reset the alarm chain knob of an express train which had halted on a river bridge near here an official said on FridayThe Central Railway tweeted a video of the incident that took place between Titwala and Khadavali about 80 km from the city on Thursday and appealed to passengers not to needlessly pull alarm chains in trainsIn the video that went viral on social media senior assistant loco pilot Sathish Kumar can be seen crawling under the Chhaprabound Godan Express which was stranded on a river bridge from a narrow gap between the wheel and other underbelly equipment to reset the alarm chain knobPulling the Alarm Chain for no reason can cause trouble to manySatish Kumar Asst Loco Pilot of CRtook the risk of resetting Alarm Chain of Godan Expresshalted over the River Bridge between Titwala amp Khadavli StationPull the chain of a train only in case of an emergency pictwittercomI1Jhm9MEShmdash Ministry of Railways RailMinIndia May 6 2022The Central Railways chief spokesperson Shivaji Sutar said some miscreants had pulled an alarm chain and stopped the train on Kalu river bridge between Titwala and KhadavaliTo restart the train it was mandatory to reset the knob of the second last coach of the train in which the alarm chain was pulled he saidAssessing the gravity of the situation Kumar risked his life by crawling under the train over the river bridge to reset the alarm chain knob Sutar said adding that the action had averted delay in trains and saved the time of many passengersSenior railway officials praised Kumar for his dedication towards duty and efforts to resume the journey at a critical time preventing any delay to subsequent trains running on the route including suburban trains from Kalyan to KasaraThe Central Railway requests passengers not to pull alarm chain needlessly Sutar told PTI adding that 197 incidents of alarm chain pulling were reported in Mumbai division alone between April 16 to 30 2022Most of these cases were reported in trains going in the northeast direction at various other locations between KalyanKasara KalyanBadlapur DadarThane and PanvelRoha he saidThe Railway Protection Force RPF has registered 166 cases and produced 113 persons in the court recovering Rs 56000 the official said adding that the repeated announcements were also made in this regard at stationsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever