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Viral Video: Women squeeze through window to board train at overcrowded Ujjain station
An X user reacted to the viral video showing women boarding a train in Madhya Pradesh through window and wrote, “Emergency exit turned into emergency entrance.”
A video from Ujjain station in Madhya Pradesh has been doing the rounds on social media, raising questions on safety measures and highlighting the issue of overcrowding in trains. The video shows the measures passengers resort to while boarding trains due to the packed platforms.
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“Windows are just small doors anyway,” reads the caption alongside the video shared on X. The video opens to show passengers standing on the platform at Ujjain station. As the video continues, the camera zooms in to show women, unable to reach the door, entering a coach through the emergency window to board the train.
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The video was shared on January 2 on X. Since then, it has collected over one lakh views and more than 1,700 likes. Additionally, many retweeted the video. Some even shared their thoughts in the comments.
Check out how X users reacted to this video:
An individual wrote, “Windoors. That’s what they are called.”
“Emergency exit turned into emergency entrance,” joined another.
A third added, “To be used in an emergency. Using it to go in or get out depends on the emergency.”
“Or doors are just big windows,” commented a fourth.
A fifth remarked, “Have been a train traveller all my life but have never seen such chaotic management!”
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