Mumbai Motorman 'Hero' Slows Down Busy Train, Saves The Life Of A Stray Dog On Railway Track
In a video on micro-blogging site, Twitter that went viral, a local train at Mulund station almost came to a halt as an adamant dog refused to leave the railway tracks.
Contrary to a speeding train crushing through at least 59 people who were standing on the tracks witnessing Dussehra celebrations in Amritsar, a train in Mumbai slowed down to save the life of a dog on the railway track.
A local train at Mulund station almost came to a halt as an adamant dog refused to leave the railway tracks. According to Times of India, the dog accidentally jumped off the platform during peak hour on platform number 2 of the station.
As per a Twitter video that has gone viral, heroic Motorman G.S Bisht saw the dog roaming near the tracks and stopped the train at the eleventh hour just before it entered the station. The dog refused to budge but after repeated honking and moving the train slowly forward, the dog could be seen running away from the train's path. People were quick to laud motorman's humanitarian gesture.
Mumbai Local's Motorman slow down local train to save a Dog. Today Morning @ Mulund PF No.2, 8.11 am CSMT slow train, Motorman saved d life of Dog, other hand Dog was enjoying d horn & don't want to leave tracks.#Salute to Motorman@Central_Railway @RailMinIndia @PiyushGoyal pic.twitter.com/SAhcMCwaLN
¡ª Mahesh Herambha (@MahiHerambha) October 19, 2018
#Salute to Motorman; we need more compassion people like him.
¡ª Poroma (@PoromaMunshi) October 19, 2018
According to local media reports, all the railway officials at respective platforms have been instructed to neither allow any stray animal to jump onto the tracks nor cross the line near the platform.
Only Mumbaikars can do it. Hats off to motorman.
¡ª Umesh Tiwari (@uct_tiwari) October 19, 2018
Many railway trains pass through the forest corridor which kills animals on a daily basis which are venturing nearby. While activists have been complaining against the construction and development of railway tracks near forest areas, as it disturbs their natural habitats, train drivers have been instructed to drive slowly to avoid any mishap.
Every year hundreds of dogs, tuskers and cows get killed on railway tracks in India. In September this year, the Times of India reported that around 245 cows were mowed down by speeding trains. In April this year, a herd of healthy elephants were killed to death as a train ran over them in Odisha. Death on railway tracks was the third biggest cause behind the death of majority of animals in Odisha.
It's therefore great to see this rare act of kindness and mercy shown towards animals who veer off onto railway tracks.
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