Indian Railways has consistently worked to improve passenger convenience. Indian Railways continues to advance throughout time by introducing new trains and providing new amenities. However, Indian Railways’ problems never seem to go away, even with such attempts. Because it carries a lot of people and other goods with ease and at a low cost, it is referred to as our nation’s lifeblood. However, in densely populated nations like India, this same speciality can occasionally become problematic.
It has become commonplace to observe packed Indian Railways trains these days. However, there are instances when the train is so packed that it feels oppressive. Consider what would happen to those who get on such trains. A girl was seen suffocating while sitting in a packed train in a recent social media video that went viral. What astounds everyone, though, is that rather than offering assistance, other commuters poked fun of her and recorded her as she choked. Indian Railways has now responded to the widely shared video as well:
Going viral is a video of other travellers making fun of a female who feels smothered in a packed train:
On social media, a disturbing video of a young girl gasping for breath in a packed train cabin went viral lately. Everyone finds it annoying that instead of helping her, people laugh and document her suffering. Woke Eminent, a user on X, shared the video. He chastised passengers for filming the child when she was having trouble breathing in the video’s caption. He wrote in the video’s caption,
A girl was almost suffocated, stampeded into a train coach, and she was running out of breath. The crowd on the platform was laughing and mocking her. What do you call such behaviour?
In his tweet, he also urged Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Railway Minister, the Railway Ministry, and the Railway Seva to improve crowd management during the festival season. The user suggested measures including restricting access at crowded stations and deploying security guards, like as the CRPF, on days when transit is at its peak in order to prevent crowding and ensure passenger safety. He went on,
Dear @AshwiniVaishnaw Ji @RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva. Every festival the surge at railway stations and people entering trains without tickets surges, the mob rules the trains. Why cant we have access control to railway stations at least during festival season and especially known stations which have massive crowds trying to get into trains. Deploy CRPF etc at such stations during festival peak at selected stations and have access control for them during the peak. I Dont think its an impossible task…
Have a look at the original post:
A girl was almost suffocated stampeded into a train coach and she was running out of breath. The crowd on the platform was laughing and mocking her.
What do you call such behavior?
Dear @AshwiniVaishnaw Ji @RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva
Every festival the surge at railway… pic.twitter.com/1UICJwx9YZ
— Woke Eminent (@WokePandemic) August 11, 2025
What was the response of Indian railways to the incident?
Their official X handle commented to the video when it went viral and expressed a great deal of animosity at Indian Railways. They requested further information and stated that they were extremely disturbed by the incident. Indian Railways responded by writing,
We are concerned to see this. Please share details Like Place of incidence, Date of incidence and Mobile no. so that we get it checked. You may also raise your concern directly on https://railmadad.indianrailways.gov.in for speedy redressal.
We are concerned to see this. Please share details Like Place of incidence, Date of incidence and Mobile no. so that we get it checked. You may also raise your concern directly on https://t.co/AmJ5X4xFpA for speedy redressal.
https://t.co/utEzIqAAkm
— RailwaySeva (@RailwaySeva) August 11, 2025
How did netizens react to the video?
The aforementioned video quickly gained widespread popularity on social media. The video has received thousands of comments and over 4.1 million views thus far. The behaviour of the bystanders were criticised by many as being callous and disrespectful. However, Indian railways have come under fire from many for not having strict crowd control laws. Better safety measures were also demanded by some.
She’s clearly having some sort of anxiety attack due to the crowd & heat. WTF is so funny to the people watching her? Disgusting behavior.
— Savitri Mumukshu – सावित्री मुमुक्षु (@MumukshuSavitri) August 11, 2025
The mob 😡😡😡
This society sucks! What can government do in this? The parents, their upbringing is to be blamed! Shame on parents of each and every one there
— Chhabi 🇮🇳 (@Chhabiy) August 11, 2025
The Indian Psychotic behaviour. Largely happening these days.
— PM (@Prabinmen) August 11, 2025
as always pic.twitter.com/pQ7Z6z5VCs
— max. (@rcbxoxo) August 11, 2025
