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A video has surfaced on social media showing a man getting off a train to open a railway crossing in Bihar’s Siwan district. The viral clip begins with a local reporter showing a closed railway crossing gate as a train passes by.
When the train stops, a man who appears to be a railway guard gets down and walks up to the crossing gate. He then opens the gate after which vehicular traffic resumes.
Although the guard was questioned by the reporter about the strange incident, he remained silent. He then returns to the train and boards it, as the train starts moving.
Sharing the clip in a post on X, the user wrote, “The wonder of the world is the guard or driver of the train gets down and opens the railway gate. Is this the development of Bihar? Or is it the result of the Railway Minister’s (Rail Mantri) hard work?” Is?
The wonder of the world is that the guard or the driver of the train gets down and stops the loss!!😱!!
What is spring development? or Minister of Railways (Rail Mantri). @AshwiniVaishnaw Is this hard work amazing? pic.twitter.com/doVnX2u1se— Surajji Naik (@yoursurajnaik) 1 August 2024
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Reacting to the video, Jay Sanjay Kumar, an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, wrote on his X, “Unmanned gates have been completely removed for public safety. In sections with few trains. There is a concept of mobile gateman so that 3 shifts of staff come with the train. The front gate opens and they are not in white uniform.”
Unmanned gates have been completely eliminated for the safety of the public. A few train section has concept of mobile gateman so that 3 shifts of staff are not wasted at the gates, 2 gatemen accompany the train. The gate closes at the front and opens at the back. He is not a guard. They are in white uniform. https://t.co/tNurRyvUVT
— Jay Sanjay Kumar, IRTS (@Sanjay_IRTS) August 2, 2024
Consumer reaction to viral video
The viral video drew reactions from netizens with mixed opinions. One user wrote, ‘This was the miracle that the country needed, what Modi did.
Another user mentioned, “This is Rail Minister’s progress, this is his hard work, if he is becoming a squirrel in building India, so be it.”
Another wrote: Is our country so poor that it does not have money to pay the salary of a railway gatekeeper?
