[john.sw]

Indian Railways has launched a new safety campaign aimed at preventing fires on trains.

A recent advertisement with the headline, "Do not turn a running train into a burning train",shows a train with fire-crackers, a gas cylinder and a can of kerosene painted on the side of the carriages.

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Remember, while train journey -

• Do not throw lighted match sticks & cigarette/bidi inside the compartment
  
• Do not carry explosive & inflammable goods like fire crackers, gas cylinder. kerosene, petrol, etc
  
• Do not light up stove & sigri
  
• Carrying inflammable and explosive material is a punishable offence under the Railways Act

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[cyberhippie]

Probably a good idea but this has been printed in all carriages for as long as I can remember. In the old days (which I just caught the tail end of) it wasn't at all uncommon, to see the chai wallah or omelet  man squatting in the aisle over a roaring kerosene stove. In a moving train this could well have caused a blaze.

[john.sw]

The Calcutta Metro specifically prohibits the carrying of dead bodies as luggage...

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[dzibead]

Sheesh!  And all I have to worry about on public transit in SF is people applying their makeup and talking loudly on cell phones!

[cyberhippie]

You should all try general class sometime it's a hoot, well for a few hours it is. The workers transporting veggies bananas firewood the carriages stink of beedi smoke and everyone's got red teeth!

[tonylittle]

cyberhippie, on Jul 1 2007, 08:57 AM, said:

You should all try general class sometime it's a hoot, well for a few hours it is. The workers transporting veggies bananas firewood the carriages stink of beedi smoke and everyone's got red teeth!

That  India and why  I love  her  and all the little beedi

Tony