A check revealed that the fans cannot be shifted because of space constraints caused by the technical design of the coaches. So, curtains are being removed when coaches arrive for periodic maintenance at various railway factories and maintenance workshops. The process has begun in Southern Railway.
Integral Coach Factory (ICF) started removing curtains from AC 3 tier coaches in April after a letter from the railway board.
Commissioner of railway safety (southern circle), in an accident investigation report issued instructions saying curtains should be avoided in air-conditioned coaches because they cause fire to spread quickly. The report was prepared after a fire on the Nanded-Bangalore Express killed 24 people in December 2013.
After officials of different railway zones complained that curtains were coming in the way of the ceiling fans, the issue was discussed and a suggestion was given at a meeting in Chennai.
Though curtains offer privacy for people inside a coupe, several passengers have found that they are an inconvenience to those travelling on the upper berth in an AC 3-tier coach.
Zonal rail users' consultative committee member M Kishore Kumar said, "Railways should use fire retardant material to make the curtains. It is not wise to remove them because curtains give privacy to passengers. The curtains should be incorporated well with the design of the coach. Now, passengers hold curtain rods to climb to upper berths."
Ergonomics defines the interior design of railway coaches the world over. But in India, it is vandalism by passengers that dictates the manner in which a fixture is designed and installed. Design of more than 10 components had to be changed based on the way people misused them when coaches returned for maintenance, said a railway engineer.
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