With Diwali fast approaching, East Coast Railway (EcoR) on Saturday cautioned passengers not to carry and also not let their co-passengers carry inflammable or explosive objects to make the journey safer while travelling on passenger trains.
In a statement released by the EcoR, carrying inflammable and explosive objects like firecrackers, gas cylinders, acid, petrol, kerosene, etc, in passenger trains during a train journey is a punishable offence under the Railways Act, 1989, and the offender may get imprisonment for up to three years.
