A year after 62 people watching Dussehra celebrations from the tracks were mowed down by a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train in Amritsar’s Joda Phatak area, people residing near the railway tracks continue to trespass on the tracks.

Trespassing on the tracks is a punishable offence under Section 147 and 160 of the Railways Act, 1989. Despite multiple recommendations from the Railways to deploy security personnel at vulnerable points along railway lines, there is not a single RPF or GRP to prohibit people from crossing the tracks.