In such a situation, making loco pilots drive trains is putting their lives and that of the passengers at risk, he said.The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will raise its voice in Parliament to improve the rights and working conditions of loco pilots, Gandhi asserted.”By watching this small discussion, you can also feel their pain,” Gandhi said as he shared the video of the interaction.In the video, the loco pilots complain to Gandhi about lack of rest, no leaves and “inhuman working conditions.”All India Loco Running Staff Association’s South Zone president on Saturday had loco drivers handed a memorandum to Gandhi, blaming poor working conditions for recent train accidents.R Kumaresan, who played a crucial role in organising the interaction between the former Congress president and the loco pilots at the New Delhi Railway Station on Friday, told PTI that they wanted to bring to Gandhi’s attention “serious safety issues” faced by drivers and passengers in the Railways.The train drivers’ unions have also countered the Railways’ claim that Gandhi met loco pilots who were not from the Delhi Division and were brought from outside.On Friday, after Gandhi visited the loco pilots’ crew lobby at the New Delhi Railway Station, the chief public relation officer of the Northern Railway under which the Delhi Division falls, said that it looked like Gandhi met loco pilots who were not from the crew lobby of the New Delhi Railway Station.Gandhi on Friday had met a group of loco pilots, who complained of “inadequate rest due to understaffing.”Gandhi had assured them that he would raise their issues in Parliament.He had met around 50 loco pilots from all over India at the New Delhi Railway Station and they explained to him their issues, party sources had said.Chiefly, the loco pilots complained of inadequate rest, they said.
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