Western Railway's top boss, general manager A K Gupta, on Wednesday inspected Andheri station, and found a lot of lacunae, including defunct ticket machines, lack of validators and overall neglect of passenger amenities. He has shot off a letter to his team, instructing that things should be fixed as early as possible.

Steps for women's safety
Gupta was at the station to participate in a week-long drive of WR to get feedback and suggestions, and interact with women commuters, to mark the 'Year for Security of Women & Children'. On the basis of the interaction, Gupta has instructed authorities to take immediate action against several major issues, including beggars in ladies compartments, vendors in ladies coaches from Dadar onwards, travelling as passengers and selling products later on, and eve-teasing while boarding and alighting and at platforms. He also instructed them to act against second class travellers boarding first class coaches, bootleggers/drug addicts at platforms and in coaches, and to focus on security in ladies coaches.