I had earlier mentioned in one of my trip reports that KING COROMANDEL, the PRIDE OF SER, is no longer a king but a mere commoner.
My son who is travelling in Coach S5 of the HWH-bound Coromandel due to arrive today at 12 noon just telephoned me to say that his bogie is packed like sardines. And going to the toilet is a greater achievement than scaling the Himalayan peaks. The coach is carrying human cargo in excess of 100+.
Fines are no deterrent as people are willingly paying them to...
more... legitimise their unauthorised occupancy. Do you see any light at the end of the tunnel, vainly hoping that IR will put an end to this torture of reserved passengers. Well I for one cannot. On the contrary, to me, the end of the tunnel appears darker than the beginning. I can soon visualize this MENACE spreading to the 3AC/2AC bogies, at least the unairconditioned passage near the doors/toilets.
GOD SAVE THE SLEEPER CLASS PASSENGERS. BUT MAY BE EVEN THE ALMIGHTY HAS THROWN UP HIS HANDS.