The Central Railway (CR) trade unions are threatening to hold commuters to ransom again by implementing the ‘work to rule’ concept on the suburban network, which could affect the  frequency of local trains.

Following an FIR by the Government Railway Police (GRP) against two trade union members of the Central Railway Mazdoor Sangh (CRMS) — Sanjeev Dubey and Vivek Sisodia — for the major disruption of local trains last week which led to mass chaos and deaths, the CRMS has now put up boards in the CSMT lobby, again holding Mumbai railway passengers to ransom through the ‘work to rule’ protest. A work to rule protest would mean that the number of suburban services would be curtailed.