Railways chips off platform to save man stuck underneath train

Railways chips off platform to save man stuck underneath train

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According to Western Railway officials, the incident happened around 5:05pm on Thursday when the 69145 Dadar-Dahanu train arrived at platform number 4 of Bandra. In a bizarre event that


railway officials in the city are saying might be a first, the edges of a platform had to be chipped off to pull out a passenger who had slipped through the gap of a train and had got stuck.


According to Western Railway officials, the incident happened around 5:05pm on Thursday when the 69145 Dadar-Dahanu train arrived at platform number 4 of Bandra. Minesh Nahar (26) was


climbing on to coach 2109A when his foot slipped on the steps beneath the door. Nahar went right through the gap and got caught between the platform and the train, also because officials


said Nahar was on the heavier side. Thankfully for Nahar, he had tried to board when the train was in a stationary position, thereby ensuring he was not subject to any grievous injury. The


train was a Mainline Electrical Multiple Unit (MEMU) whose dimensions are much narrower than the normal Mumbai local trains and this could have resulted in Nahar slipping and going right


through, said officials. Railway staff at the station as well as outsiders tried their best to pull out Nahar but were unable to do so as his legs had gone numb. Finally, it was decided that


the edge of the platform be chipped off by more than a foot to allow Nahar to be pulled out. Fire brigade personnel also helped in the effort. Nahar was pulled out around 6:05pm and rushed


to the Bhabha Hospital, without any injury, apart from soreness in his legs, said officials. The train left Bandra around 6:09pm, said officials. Fifteen trains on the fast line had to be


cancelled because of the incident. "It is the passenger's luck that he escaped without injury. The plan to chip off the platform edge was taken because in such situations saving a


life is paramount," said Shailendra Kumar, divisional railway manager, WR.