Even as the death toll in the Diva-Sawantadi passenger express derailment rose to 21 yesterday, railway unions have gone up in arms against the alleged apathy shown by the Central Railway administration in filling up nearly 1,000 vacancies, mainly for the posts of gangmen and trackmen.

Filling up the vacancies for gangmen and trackmen is crucial, since a fault in the track is said to have caused the derailment on Sunday. File pic