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One Dies ‘n’ Thousands Cry

                A heart painful event that shocked our MIT campus on a peculiar day was the accidental Demise of our dear friend Ram Kumar, a student of IT branch. A charming young fresher who had a heart for all was taken away from us physically by an accident on 29^th Feb, Wednesday.

                Ram Kumar was the third son of retired Government Bank Employee, who had an interest to study medicine, missed it by a whisker and had decided to do Engineering with self confidence. His native was a village named Kottur in Theni District. He initially stayed in hostel inside the MIT campus but later he decided to become a day scholar and had come to college from his cousin house in Urapakkam. He was one of those charming students from his schooling. He had the sway of getting into others hearts easily. He was very liked by all and always intended to make everyone happy. He often called his friends rightfully with different relationships. But his sudden dismissal would have cracked into the hearts of his dear ones.             

 The incident is said to have occurred between perungalathur and Tambaram railway stations. His soul departed his body the very moment he was hit by electric post while he travelled on foot board of crowded train plying between tirumalpur and Chennai-Beach. He sustained hard injury on his head which lead to the on-spot death. The news of his death had spread like wild fire. His body was brought from the tracks and was said to have been placed near the Tambaram Railway police station from where he had been identified by the Police and his kith and kin had been called. On hearing the news nearly 200 students from our college had reached the station. All broke down sight of their dear friend lying bloody on the floor next to the Tambaram Railway Police station. Few students exclaimed that his clothes had torn of due to impact which was later covered with cloth by our college seniors. His body was then carried to GH by ambulance which was followed by the student mob in their motorcycles. Few of the classes were suspended the moment the news was brought to them. But yet few class were taken saying that they hadn’t received any letter from the Dean (who was then at Dubai). His body reached GH-Tambaram (but actually very close college) around 1:30 p.m. But the accident was claimed to have happened at 9:15 a.m. Many students turned up after he was brought to GH. All the students came to see his face for the last time. Many of them had tears running down their cheeks. Emotions had lost its control on the scenario. Those few who had been really close to him in college had totally broken down. The whole GH was filled with students from MIT and his family members. His body was brought out from the mortuary at 3:00p.m and was kept for public view before being taken to his native for the funeral. The condition of his body after post mortem had shocked every person to horror. His Body was covered with white cloth. He had two visible scars on the right hand side of his face. His body had become very slender and was tightly wrapped in the white cloth. As his body was kept right next to the actual mortuary, the smell had troubled a lot. His dad had sat right beside him completely broken. Seniors and few of his close mates stood right next to him. The students were asked to stand in queue to look at his face. Most of them started crying the moment they saw him. His aunt who had been there cried out loud which cracked into the hearts of the people standing there. Thought he won’t be with us physically, he will always be inside our hearts. Those who were there would have felt the pain of missing a true friend.

There were few newspapers which had his accident report on it. It had taken survey onto many passengers plying by that route. They had several complaints regarding the timings of the train services and as well as the number of coaches being plied by the railways during the peak hours of the day. But the railway authorities blamed the students for travelling by foot board even when the compartments are free inside. They even referred that the windows were huge enough for the ventilations which could allow the passengers get sufficient air for breathing and they needn’t travel on foot board. Blaming may continue ever further but life once lost may not return. The most pitiful fact in our country is that we don’t raise issues until some mishaps occur. Perhaps we could reduce the life loss by taking steps before some accident occurs.

                As they say morale can be turned out even from deaths, students may now very well prefer safety over thrill and respect life over desires.

                Heartfelt Condolences from the students of Madras Institute of Technology.