Overloading of transportation is a common situation worldwide, but it's rare to see an exaggeration like that in India.
On the way, Leonard and his team saw several vehicles loaded with people and goods. The word "loaded" is used because the goods were piled four to five meters high and twice as wide on the cars, with many people sitting on top of them.
"This is already considered relatively few. One of my comrades, a Gorkha U. person, told me that vehicles in northern India can accommodate three times as many people as here." Fairmont whispered to Leonard and the others in French, which the driver could not understand.
Leonard believed this because he had seen Indian trains with people hanging outside the carriages, people piled on the roofs, and carriages covered with people on television before.
