A week after the Railways launched a blitzkrieg to show how railway lobbies and running rooms for staff were maintained well, a dead rat in the lobby of motormen of Mumbai`s lifeline at Central Railway’s headquarter station of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus forced them to sit out in the station hall on Monday.

Two weeks ago, the issue of loco pilots and train drivers had received nationwide attention following the visit of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to New Delhi railway station to hear their grievances. The railways had claimed that the visit had been staged and launched a media campaign across the country to show how the staff lobbies and loco pilot running rooms had been maintained nicely.