Gujarat Man Runs Almost 1km To Inform Train Driver About Broken Rail Track, Rewarded
Vinit Gupta, Ratlam's Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), invited Rakesh Baria to his office and thanked him for preventing an accident with his action.
A man from Gujarat is earning a lot of accolades after he ran for almost a kilometre to let a train driver know about the broken rail track he spotted.
30-year-old Rakesh Baria averted an accident on the Delhi-Mumbai route, in the Dahod district of Gujarat. This route falls under the Ratlam division of the Western Railway.
He ran for 1 km to inform Train Driver about broken track in Gujrat.
¡ª Awanish Sharan (@AwanishSharan) March 6, 2022
He was awarded a cash prize of Rs5,000. pic.twitter.com/jOz2rReIMk
Two days after the incident, the man was honoured by the Ratlam division railway officials with a cash reward of ? 5,000 and a citation. After being honoured, Baria said that when he was grazing his goats, he saw a railway track broken at one place, after which he ran for a kilometre to raise an alarm, but did not see any railway employee there.
"Then I called my father and informed him about the broken railway track. He tried to contact some railway personnel over the phone, but failed to do so," he said.
Rakesh Baria was honoured by the Ratlam division railway officials with a cash reward of Rs 5,000. Baria said that when he was grazing his goats,he saw a railway track broken at one place, after which he ran for 1 KM to raise an alarm, but did not see any railway employee there.
¡ª Awanish Sharan (@AwanishSharan) March 6, 2022
After the advice of his father, Rakesh went to his home located nearby and returned to the track with a piece of red cloth. After this, he sat about two kilometres from the place of the broken track and started waving the red cloth on seeing a goods train. On seeing him, the loco pilot stopped the train by applying emergency brakes. After that, the work of repairing the rail track was launched, he said.
People on the internet lauded Rakesh for his brave act. But many questioned why he was only rewarded with ? 5,000 since it was a small price to save hundreds of people.
Don't you think Rs 5000 is very less?https://t.co/v3UMxlwAZr
¡ª Puneet khandelwal (@puneetqqq) March 6, 2022
why only 5000 Rupess? he saved atleast more than 500 people.
¡ª _Tenny ? (@tenn_yyy) March 6, 2022
What he did was incredible and salute to him.
¡ª S S Singh.?? (@Singh2639) March 6, 2022
Rs.5000/- ?
What an astronomical sum.
He should add Rs.10/- and return back.
In case of unfortunate incident that was likely to happen if he had not warned , victims would have been paid 5 Lakhs and more each.
Well done.. he deserves more.. ??????
¡ª Pooja Singh (@ipoojasingh) March 6, 2022
The railway officials later mentioned that the tracks have been repaired. Over 125 trains - including passenger and goods trains pass on this route every day.
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