Fatal tracks

Safety is not one of the strongpoints of people in the Indian subcontinent. How else can one explain the unconcern about a large number of people dying in avoidable circumstances on railway tracks?

The general public view is that the railway stations in India have facilities that are hostile to pedestrians, and hence it is acceptable to take risks -- such as crossing over on tracks, rather than use an overbridge.

One cannot quarrel with the view of the commuters on the nature of facilities, but the risks can sometimes be too extreme. Today's The Hindu carries the report of three people getting killed in the suburbs, trying to cross the railway track.