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Debate erupts over ‘indecent’ ads on Mumbai local trains; CR orders removal
Updated On: 14 November, 2025 06:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Passenger associations term ‘family-unfriendly’ posters on local train shameful, inappropriate; CR in damage-control mode; Members of the Kalyan-Kasara-Karjat Railway Pravasi Sangh and Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee (DRUCC) of CR have strongly objected to the ads
The Kasara-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus local train on which the offending advertisements were displayed. PIC/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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A debate has erupted over the kind of advertisements being displayed on Mumbai’s suburban local trains after commuters flagged controversial posters with reportedly ‘indecent’ visuals pasted on a Central Railway (CR) local train. Railway officials told mid-day the party concerned had been advised to remove the ads as early as possible.
Members of the Kalyan-Kasara-Karjat Railway Pravasi Sangh and Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee (DRUCC) of CR have strongly objected to the ads, calling it “shameful and inappropriate” for a public transport space used by lakhs of daily passengers, including school and college students, senior citizens, and women.
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