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   Viral video of Indian Railways death on tracks has spurred Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to order the formation of a committee to suggest steps to stop such incidents. This comes just three days after the death of a 21-year-old youth from a fall from a moving suburban local train in Thane district, the video of which went viral. 21-year-old youth Bhavesh Nakathe was killed on Friday after he fell from an overcrowded train between Kopar and Diva stations in Thane district. A video clip of the incident, captured by a co-passenger, went viral on social media sites. Indian Railways is now pondering remedial action for the huge number of deaths on tracks.

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   An RTI query filed by an activist Anees Khan earlier had revealed that as many as 25,722 passengers had fallen off running local trains in Mumbai (travelling on Western, Central and Harbour suburban services in Mumbai Commissionerate) in the last ten years, of whom 6,989 commuters died, while 18,733 survived. (Express photo by Kevin D'Souza)

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   In its reply, the Government Railway Police (GRP), Mumbai had also informed that in 2005, total 494 commuters lost their lives after falling from running trains. This figure went up subsequently in the coming years and reached upto 901 in 2013, up 82 per cent as compared to the death toll in 2005. When asked about Prabhu's direction for constitution of the committee, Khan welcomed the move, but added that the decision has come "very late".

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   "The basic reason for so many fatalities on tracks is that railway officials have failed to comprehend the hardships of the commuters...I believe this proposed committee would find the reasons and make proper and implementable recommendations. Most of the passengers fall off the running trains when they struggle to get into a coach and fail to enter it or get dashed against a pole near the railway track," he said. (Express photo by Pradeep Kocharekar)