How to... travel in a 3rd AC compartment Many patients turn up in my clinic with complaints that they attribute to overnight travel in a 3-tier AC compartment.The complaints range from muscular aches and joint dislocations to bronchial asthma and bronchopneumonia.Many report with contact allergy to the woollen blanket (pristine and unwashed since manufacture).I have seen two cases of rat-bite,one of snakebite (unproven,but if that,non-poisonous) A 3 tier compartment in motion is like a hostel dormitory on wheels,and has been constructed on similar logistic calculations to accommodate the maximum number of horizontal humans in minimum space.They were backed by statistical evidence to show that 2 in 8 Indians are less than 5 feet 6 inches tall, and ideally produced for the side berths, which are exactly that length. Also, 1 in 8 Indians is hunchbacked (due to old age, farming trauma, tuberculous spine or persistent humility).Much research went into providing a middle side-berth but was given up as RAC passengers (‘Reservation Against Cancellation‘,but ‘Running After Conductor’,in reality) had to sit somewhere when waiting for allocation of berths.3 tier compartments pose most challenges to women over 40, the obese and the elderly who had failed to book on time, and have been allotted middle or upper berths.(TTRs plead that ‘berth-control’ is a matter of ‘adjustment between passengers’).Middle berths are ideal for agile youngsters, and the rare elders who teach yoga and can levitate when necessary to middle berth levels,
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 06:53:37 +0000