THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Daltonganj, January 15: It’s rats in the Rajdhani Express train. Unbelievable, it may sound, but this prestigious train is now becoming infamy for rats.
This correspondent spoke to a lady passenger travelling by this Rajdhani Express train from Delhi to Daltonganj on January 6.
The lady passenger had her berth 60 in B9 coach. It was the Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express train. She boarded this train at Delhi.
“B9 on January 6 was almost packed. Numerous children of the DAV school Chaibasa were returning to Ranchi after their national sports event in Delhi /Panipat,” she recalled.
The lady passenger said, “The Rajdhani Express train left Delhi sharp at 4.10 pm. Before this train could have reached Shivaji Bridge, the rats began to appear in B9. It was a horror.”
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The train ticket examiner just appeared for once before pushing off for another coach. The train ticket examiner could not be told of rats in B9.
When asked how she and others spent the night of January 6/7 as this Delhi Ranchi Rajdhani Express train reached Daltonganj at 5.40 in the morning, the lady passenger said, “It was a nightmarish experience for the whole night. I was afraid of getting bitten by rats and then of the dread of the same anti-rabies shots that come in the event of the dog bite.”
This correspondent spoke to the Daltonganj railway station superintendent Umesh Kumar, apprising him of rats in the Rajdhani Express train, to which this railway official said, “Pest control can be done only at the train’s originating stations like Delhi or Ranchi.”
“This Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express train has just a 2- 2-minute stoppage at the Daltonganj railway station. Nothing can be done in such a short period,” added Umesh Kumar.
The Indian railways have to cough up compensation for rat bites on passengers and damage to the passengers’ baggage by the rats.
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