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MANGALORE: The entrance of the busy Mangalore Central Railway Station turned into a stage for a team of youngsters who staged a street play on accidents at railway crossings on Thursday.

The team, comprising 15 artistes of Southern Railway State Bharat Scouts, Palakkad unit, led by district organizing commissioner S Afsar Ahmed, created awareness among people about how to avert such accidents.

Afsar said that they had already staged the street play at Palghat and Kozhikode stations. "We have plans to stage the play at petrol bunks in Kannur and Shornur so that awareness can be created among drivers on possibilities of accidents at railway crossings. Majority of the railway crossing accidents happen because of the negligence of drivers, who do not follow the rules. Since there are personnel to man railway crossings under the Palakkad division of Southern Railways, the number of accidents are very less when compared to other regions. However, we need to be aware about the danger," he added. Artistes explained to the audience how accidents take place and measures to be taken to avert the possible dangers. Souther Railways Palakkad division divisional railway manager Piyush Agarwal and station manager PM Radhakrishnan were present.