A shocking video has emerged from Lucknow’s Charbagh railway station, which has put humanity to shame. At night, sanitation workers poured cold water on passengers sleeping on the platform. After this incident, children, women, and elderly people were seen shivering and crying. This shameful incident took place on platform numbers 8 and 9, where passengers were waiting for their trains.
Viral video created a stir
The video of this incident has become increasingly viral on social media.
- Event Details:
- Sanitation workers were seen spraying cold water on sleeping people to wash the platform at night.
- After the water fell, children and women started crying, but the employees continued their work.
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- After the video went viral, there was huge anger among the people towards Indian Railways and sanitation workers.
Defense and criticism of sanitation workers
The cleaning staff defended their actions, saying that due to heavy crowd during the day, it was necessary to clean the platform at night.
- People’s reaction:
- The public termed this incident insensitive and inhuman.
- The act of throwing water on children, elderly and women is being widely condemned.
- Steps of Railway Administration:
- Railway officials reprimanded the cleaning staff and warned them to avoid such activities in future.
- Railways assured the public that such incidents will not happen again.
In an inhuman and despicable act, passengers resting at platform at Charbagh station in UP’s Lucknow where made to disperse by spraying cold water on them. All this on a chilly winter night – traumatizing kids, women and elderly. pic.twitter.com/UztfvLaxG1
— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) December 29, 2024
Anger on social media and demand for action
People are expressing their anger against Indian Railways on social media regarding this incident.
- User Feedback:
- Many people are demanding strict action against the sanitation workers.
- A passenger said that newborn children and elderly people also became victims of this incident.
- Question raiser:
- “Have human sensitivities ended in the name of cleanliness?”
- “Such incidents show the negligence and insensitivity of the Railways.”
NGO disclosed the incident
Night of 25th December, ‘Innovation for Change Innovative Pathshala’ An NGO called Charbagh reached Charbagh railway station to distribute tea. There he witnessed this inhuman scene and recorded a video of the incident. The NGO made this incident public, which further increased the anger among the people.
