New Delhi, June 9./ TASS /. At least five people were killed, the same number was seriously injured when falling from a trains moving in the Western Maharastra state.
According to The Indian Express, the incident occurred on the Pushpak Express train, after Mumbai to Lakneau. The number of passengers in exceeding the capabilities of the wagons, the doors do not close during the movement due to the accumulation of a large number of people in the vestibular. All the victims were taken to the hospital, five of them died in special care.
As the Indian Railway Transport recognizes, the overflow is caused by a high flow of passengers and insufficient transport infrastructure in the country. The largest Indian railway network in Asia, does not deal with a large number of passengers, leading to the large accumulation of people and bridges and roads at stations, unsanitary conditions along the route and tragic incidents.
In India, there are 7,000 passenger trains, which are transported annually about 13 million.