India, Aug. 2 -- A prototype of a closed door in a non-air-conditioned local train is ready, 50 days after the tragic Mumbra incident that happened on June 9. The Central Railway's Kurla Carshed has developed this first prototype, which will be showcased to the chairman of the railway board (CRB), the top bureaucrat of the Indian railways on August 4. This will be the first time that a closed door coach is being prepared for a non-AC local on the Central Railway (CR).

In 2019, the Western Railway had tried installing closed doors in non-AC locals, but the initiative was recalled due to overcrowding and ventilation issues. However, after the Mumbra rail incident, where passengers fell from two separate trains moving in opposite directions...