Prayagraj News: Ernakulam Express.
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Azamgarh’s Raju Vishwakarma had reservation in Ernakulam Express from Varanasi. On Tuesday night at 8.50 pm, he boarded the train from Varanasi Junction along with his wife and three children. Although there was a lot of crowd in the train in Varanasi itself. Somehow he could reach his berth. After that Raju’s children asked to go to the bathroom, but the coach was so crowded with passengers that it was not possible to reach there.
During this, the train went ahead of Satna, Jabalpur as well. When the train reached Itarsi at around 11.30 am, then GRP and RPF reached. After that the children were taken to the toilet. Raju told that his journey was a bitter experience. Said that Railway’s claim of quick action on Twitter is air. The sleeper coach was crowded all the way. The toilets were also occupied by passengers.
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A helpless father traveling in the Patna-Ernakulam Express going to Ernakulam, Kerala, kept watching his children suffer throughout the night. To say that he had four confirmed berths in the S-4 coach of the train, but the concerned coach was so crowded that he could not reach his children to the bathroom even if he wanted to. The father also sought help from the Railway Minister through Twitter, but there was no hearing. GRP reached Itarsi after 14 hours, after which the family could get bathroom facilities. By then the children’s stomachs had swollen.
Azamgarh’s Raju Vishwakarma had reservation in Ernakulam Express from Varanasi. On Tuesday night at 8.50 pm, he boarded the train from Varanasi Junction along with his wife and three children. Although there was a lot of crowd in the train in Varanasi itself. Somehow he could reach his berth. After that Raju’s children asked to go to the bathroom, but the coach was so crowded with passengers that it was not possible to reach there.