Thane: The Kalwa Parsik Passengers Association highlighted the extended awaited demand once more for constructing a residence platform close to Kalwa carshed to ease the commuters’ woes and to curb the accidents whilst crossing the tracks at the Kalwa station.
“Most of the rail accidents in Central Railway (CR) at Kalwa station are due to the enhance in the commuter footfalls. The escalating crowd also make it complicated for the commuters to board the neighborhood trains at the Kalwa station, specially for the duration of the peak hours. Due to this, commuters at Kalwa are forced to stroll on tracks to attain Thane station or board operating carshed trains which leads to the accidents,” said Siddhesh Desai, member of Kalwa Parsik Passengers Association, Kalwa.
A home platform between Kalwa and Mumbra stations will make commute of Kalwa and Mumbra residents smoother. However, this long awaited demand has not been not taken seriously by the officials concerned. Even after the years-long demand for the same, the officials only conducted a survey of the spot, no final decision on the same has been announced yet,” added Desai.
The members of the association additional added that they might go violent with the protest if railway fails to respond to their demand for residence-platform at Kalwa carshed in between Kalwa and Mumbra stations.
“Even after multiple discussions and site visits, the railway officials have not taken any further initiative. Therefore, we could call for protest highlighting this issue again. Timely response from the officials will help to create better and safe travelling for the commuters,” mentioned a different member from Association.