Overcrowding in Railway Trains

RECENT discussion and complaint in the press about overcrowding in railway trains led to a reference being made at the recent meeting of the Bombay Legislative Council held at Poona. Mr. Manmohan Das Ramji, who brought the complaint to the notice of the authorities, asked why the police department, which was so alert and active in prosecuting poor cab-drivers, refrained from proceeding against railway companies which daily and hourly violated the provisions of the Railway Act. We may suppose that neither the Government nor the police will be anxious to explain that point, but it is their duty to prevent all overcrowding and to prosecute the railway companies for every infringement of the provisions of the Railway Act.