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    ‘I want all people to be nothing else but Indians’: Shashi Tharoor on BR Ambedkar’s vision

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    Mumbai Commuter Rail division: Some ideas on fixing the commercial capital’s lifeline

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    How Chhattisgarh police cremated bodies of Maoist leader and cadres without their families’ consent

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    A new book sets out to trace the roots of modern languages back to one ancient tongue

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    Criminal charges against Ashoka University professor outrageous and absurd, say ex-bureaucrats

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    Anti-Sikh pogrom: Without tangible reparations, Rahul Gandhi’s apology is symbolic

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    A border ran through it: The life and lonely death of an 80-year-old Kashmiri man

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    ‘Criminal Justice – A Family Matter’ review: All in a day’s work for Pankaj Tripathi’s Madhav Mishra

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    In Raj Khosla biography, a portrait of a director as a ‘gloriously flawed human being’

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Caught on camera: Housekeeping staff on moving train sweeps garbage out on the tracks

Central Railway, Mumbai division responded to the video asking for details in order to initiate action.

Scroll Staff
Jan 03, 2024 · 10:48 am
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This seems to be the normal practice of the On Board Housekeeping Staff inside #IndianRailways trains.

Just dump the all the collected trash on the tracks from the moving train.

A passenger lodged a complaint on 139 & in no time the supervisor & entire gang turned trying to… pic.twitter.com/iZtqNl89gA

— मुंबई Matters™ (@mumbaimatterz) December 31, 2023

Please share the PNR and train numbers so we can act against the staff.

— DRM Mumbai CR (@drmmumbaicr) December 31, 2023

Same in Nagercoil CSMT express (dated: 29th December) pic.twitter.com/IhtOz6OMYj

— Travel_Freak (@prosperinit) January 1, 2024
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