gangmen

It was a usual day when trackmen, 60-year-old Priyaswami and 55-year-old Ram Niwas were out on their duty examining the railway tracks between Yamuna Bridge and Tilak Bridge around 7.55am. It was at the time; the men noticed a six-inch gap on a section of track.

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) centred in Guwahati, has deployed the country’s first ever all-women gang for the railway coach and pit line maintenance.

For over ten years, 53-year-old Yatin Naik has been dedicatedly foraging through the station area and railway tracks of Andheri, to collect abandoned wallets by pickpockets after procuring the cash.

Following a meeting with Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani, where zonal heads brought the issue of being understaffed to light on November 24, the Railways may soon speed up its recruitment process.