A disturbing video from Anantapur railway station, Andhra Pradesh has gone viral showing a Swiggy delivery partner stepping off a train that has already started moving, losing balance, and falling hard on the platform—a near-miss that could easily have turned fatal.

The clip has been widely circulated online and reposted across platforms, with reports identifying the delivery as happening on the Prashanti Express (Train No. 18464).

From what’s visible in the footage and what has been described by those who shared it, the delivery partner boards the train to hand over an order to a passenger travelling in First AC (1AC). The halt appears to be brief—reportedly around one to two minutes.

By the time the food is handed over and the delivery partner tries to get down, the train is already moving. He still attempts to disembark, slips, and crashes onto the platform. It is the kind of fall that can easily turn into a fatal accident in seconds.

The important question isn’t why he took the risk—it’s why the situation was even possible. Nobody jumps off a moving train for fun.

This happens because gig delivery work forces people into split-second decisions where every second matters and failure has consequences.

If the delivery isn’t completed, the person risks penalties, reduced earnings, bad ratings, or being marked as unreliable.

If the delivery is completed, the person may end up risking injury or death. The system quietly pushes workers toward speed-first decisions, then pretends shock when something goes wrong.

Swiggy issued a response after the clip spread, stating that the delivery partner is safe and that boarding or getting off a moving train violates their safety policy. That’s a routine corporate response: mention safety rules, express concern, say the issue will be addressed.

But policies don’t remove the pressure that caused the incident in the first place. What matters is the structure of incentives. When speed and completion rates affect earnings and performance, people will take risks—especially those with no salary cushion and no real safety net.

There are also reports that the delivery partner was fined Rs 3000 by Railways for jumping from the train. That detail sums up the entire situation. A worker risks his life to complete a delivery. He hits the platform. He gets up. And one of the system’s responses is a fine.

This wasn’t a stunt. It wasn’t some dramatic attempt to go viral. It was an ugly, predictable outcome of tight train stop timings, the growing trend of delivery-on-trains, and gig work pressure that rewards speed but offloads risk. The video spread because it captures something people usually don’t see: the real physical danger behind “convenience,” where the last mile is not a road, but the edge of a moving train.

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