‘No AC, No Help’: Woman Claims Passengers Were Stranded For 12 Hours At Bharuch Station

Heavy rainfall across several parts of India has seriously disrupted rail services, which has left thousands of passengers stranded. Among them was a woman en route from Jhansi to Mumbai, who stated that she was stuck at Gujarat’s Bharuch railway station for over 12 hours when her train was stopped due to heavy rains. Want to know more.

Woman Gets Stuck At Bharuch Railway Station For 12 Hours

Recently, a woman shared her experience on Instagram; the woman alleged that the train was halted around 12:30 PM due to flooded tracks and was officially cancelled later that evening. According to her, travellers were left without electricity, air conditioning, or functioning charging points inside the train.

She further stated that Railway Protection Force (RPF) staff asked travellers to vacate the train despite heavy rainfall outside. “They asked us to sit on the platform, which was already flooded. No one from the railways was responding, and even the helpline numbers weren’t working,” she said in the video.

She further said that the train had departed from Jhansi on July 5 and was scheduled to reach Mumbai on July 6, but ended up stranded in Bharuch due to the adverse weather conditions.

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In another post, the woman claimed that no alternative plans were made for regular travellers despite repeated requests. She shared a video displaying another passenger appealing to the station master to let them remain inside the train with electricity restored for a few hours, but the request was reportedly denied.

According to the woman, railway staff eventually switched off the lights, locked the train doors, and asked everyone, including women travelling alone and children, to leave the coach.

How Did Social Media React To It?

The videos have since gone viral, drawing mixed reactions online. While many sympathised with the stranded passengers, others pointed out that the disruption was caused by extreme weather rather than railway negligence.

One user wrote, “Barish ho rahi hai thodi problem to hogi hi”.

Another quipped, “Such things happen in extreme climate conditions and yours is because of heavy rains and floods. Railways can do very little in this kind of circumstance. Not the fault of the railway.”

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One wrote, “First of all, there is heavy waterlogging since the last few days, and if you still chose to travel, you should have been aware of the consequences, and the government has been issuing advisories: don’t travel.”

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