BENGALURU: Rats operating amok on South Western Railway’s prepare coaches are leaving passengers exasperated. Many mentioned rodents are greater than a nuisance as they not solely injury belongings however can even trigger accidents.
Ramnath Pujar, a passenger, tweeted his expertise when he travelled on 16590 Rani Chennamma Specific (Miraj junction-KSR Bengaluru Metropolis) in a 2AC coach. “A rat was caught within the duct and I complained to the travelling ticket examiner. He took it up with some officers in Hubballi however none attended to it,” he mentioned.
Shridhar R, one other passenger, mentioned: “Prior to now few years, upkeep of Rani Chennamma Specific coaches has been solely getting worse.”
Aneesh Hegde, chief public relations officer, SWR, mentioned: “Pest management will probably be intensified within the depot to keep away from recurrence of such complaints and keep away from inconvenience to passengers.”
One other passenger, Vijender Yadav, who travelled on 22692 Hazrat Nizamuddin-KSR Bengaluru Rajdhani Specific on March 13, tweeted: “I simply noticed a rat in B5 coach of 22692 prepare. That is ridiculous. Kids are onboard. Who's accountable if one thing occurs? Who's accountable if rats injury baggage and spoil meals objects?”

Passengers travelling on trains like 16526 KSR Bengaluru Metropolis-Kanyakumari Specific, 02691 KSR Bengaluru-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani, 17318 Dadar Central-Hubballi Specific, 12251 Wainganga SF Specific (Yeshwantpur-Korba) and 17603 Kacheguda-Yelahanka Specific have additionally complained to SWR concerning the menace. One other SWR official mentioned: “Folks usually throw meals leftovers on the tracks in addition to coaches which is ensuing on this drawback. It is usually inflicting injury to electrical wires in coaches.”