Railways gets Bachchan to appeal commuters to travel safe

The Central Railway has roped in Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan to spread the message of safe train travel.

The CR issued a short video message Wednesday in which Bachchan appeals passengers to follow safety rules, not to cross the tracks and use foot over-bridges instead.

"Life doesn't give you a lifeline always," Big B cautions the commuters in the video.

The two-minute-long message was released at a function at the iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) building here in the presence of CR's general manager D K Sharma and other officials.

Bachchan remembered his first tryst with the railway when he was two years old and recounted how he was mesmerised when he saw a train for the first time.

Sharma said, "People nowadays are so engrossed in their mobile phones, they become inattentive towards safety rules. You may be lucky 99 times but you may not be lucky enough on the 100th time. So please, be careful and follow the rules."