There has been a tsunami of angst and anger after this paper's front page report about the killer Vaitarna bridge claiming another victim, a 26-year-old youth from Vadhiv, who was run over by the Darshan Express on Sunday morning while on his way home. Locals of both Vadhiv and Saravali villages have now ratcheted up their demands for a halt of trains between Vaitarna and Safale railway stations, both on the Western line of the suburban rail network, so that they don't have to take the bridges to cross over.

It is simply unacceptable that over thousands of commuters, including schoolchildren, ailing people, pregnant women from Vadhiv and Saravali villages are forced to stare death in the face every day as they cross the two rail bridges over the river because they have no other way to reach Vaitarna and Safale railway stations.