Train drivers brave blasts, step up

Mumbai: Thirty-eight-year-old Basant Kumar Majhis is still struggling to get back to work.

He was among the seven train drivers who were at the wheel when the serial blasts shook Mumbai on July 11.

A blast struck the first-class bogey of the Virar Local between Mira Road and Bhayander station.

"From inside the cabin of the train, I saw people running all around, people screaming in fear and there were bodies lying all over," Majhis recalls the gruesome sight.

After being on the job for 25 years, Basant kumar is well aware of the demands of the job

"I know it's a risky job. We have to be constantly alert for public safety," says Basant Kumar.

And such is the resilience of the city and its people that while he was still reeling from the shock, Majhis did actively participate in the rescue effort.

And 24 hours after the terror attack, he has still not gone home, busy helping the authorities.

As Majhis and people like him gear up for yet another day at work, it's people like him that ensure that Mumbai never stops.

The thoughts about his family are never far away though. "There’s always a worry. That of late reports," he admits.