After repeated complaints from handicapped passengers travelling on the suburban trains about the compartment authorised for them being used by others, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) began conducting an intensive drive to check this practice along the Western Railway on Friday.

RPF officials say that on the very first day, staff registered 227 cases of unauthorised passengers travelling in the handicapped compartments.” Over 227 passengers were caught boarding the coach reserved for handicapped passengers,” said Mahim Swamy, Chief of RPF, Western Railway. On Saturday, this number was 150. He added that WR authorities have also been requesting the passengers at the platform not to enter the coach.