With Din Trivedi out and all non netas being silenced by Akhilesh, and rly crossings being permanently unmanned, Mumbaikars can pay "protection money" to the slum and shanty dwellers near the signaling bunk if they dont want regular burnt out delays.
After seeing the previous days news (also carried by Rediff) about the death of 2 commuters who fell from overcrowded locals, it must have occurred to someone with a sadistic bent of mind that if a signaling station were to go up in flames how many wd die