Watch: Passengers Sleep In Front Of Toilet On Chhattisgarh Express, Railways React

A viral video sparked outrage over severe overcrowding in Chhattisgarh Express, with passengers sleeping in front of toilets and corridors.

A video of passengers sleeping in front of the toilet of Chhattisgarh Express went viral on social media.

Source : X/@SachinGuptaUP

A video of passengers sleeping in front of the toilets in a coach of Chhattisgarh Express went viral on social media causing outrage among the internet users.

The viral video shows passengers blocking the entry to toilet, leaving no room for passengers to acess the lavaratory. It also showed a man sitting in the narrow gap between the two compartments.

Soon after the 27-second clip was shared on social media, the Indian Railways issued a response to the video.

Railway Seva took cognizance of the issue and alerted the concerned authorities to take action in the matter. The official accounts of the Divisional Railway Manager, Agra, and the Divisional Railway Manager, Raipur were also tagged in the post so that the concerned authorities could act in the issue.

“This picture is of Chhattisgarh Express (train no 18237). Seat, floor, gate, gallery, bathroom...wherever people found a place, they occupied it,” Sachin Gupta, the X user wrote in its viral video.

ये तस्वीर छत्तीसगढ़ एक्सप्रेस (ट्रेन नंबर 18237) की है। सीट, फ्लोर, गेट, गैलरी, बाथरूम...जिसको जहां जगह मिली, वहीं बैठे-बैठे सो गया।

यूरेशिया वाले रेल मंत्री जी, थोड़ा गरीबों वाली ट्रेनों पर भी ध्यान दीजिए, डिब्बे बढ़वा दीजिए। pic.twitter.com/SPYrgGHi4t

— Sachin Gupta (@SachinGuptaUP) June 13, 2024

In a similar incident in April, the Indian Railways responded to the complaint of a man on X as he posted a video of ticketless passengers overcrowding the sleeper coach of the Suhaildev Superfast Express in which he was travelling.

“Sleeper class has become general coach,” Sumit, the X user who uploaded the video said in his post. “Most of the people are travelling without tickets while some have general tickets,” he added.

Train number 22420
Koi bhi TT nhi aaya train lucknow pahuchne wali hai
Thank you railway SLEEPER CLASS KO GENERAL bnane ke liye
Maximum aadmi bina ticket ke ya general ticket hai@drm_lko @RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva @RailwayNorthern @myogiadityanath @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/g5HRuzcAnc

— Sumit (@5gqwedr) April 14, 2024

From the purported video, it could be seen that passengers were sitting on the floor of the overcrowded sleeper coach since they did not have reserved tickets.