Indian Railway Accidents
Introduced by the British, Indian Railways span the length and breadth of this country, and is used for various purposes such as transportation of goods and travel. But in all these years of operations, the Indian government has not been able to avoid accidents.
There are many reasons for this, but it all can be pinned down to carelessness, mismanagement, and non-upgradation of the railway technology after all these years of functioning and lack of regular maintenance.
The Ministry of Railways accredit the accidents to a lack of proper funding but critics point out that the ministry chooses to focus on secondary issues such as providing Wi-Fi, catering, concessions to gain favor from the public instead of taking ownership of the situation.
The primary cause of rail accidents is rail derailment and the secondary is unmanned level crossings. The rail derailments happen mostly because of the non-renewal of the rail tracks or upgradation to account for increasing usage and burden over the years. While the accidents at unmanned level crossings generally happen because of human carelessness.
The government has been asked to take certain precautionary measures such as elimination of both manned and unmanned level crossings, advanced signaling based on continuous track circuiting and an institution of a separate department solely entrusted with security and safety.
If the necessary provisions are not made in the due course, the second largest railway system in the world might just remain a black mark.
There are many reasons for this, but it all can be pinned down to carelessness, mismanagement, and non-upgradation of the railway technology after all these years of functioning and lack of regular maintenance.
The Ministry of Railways accredit the accidents to a lack of proper funding but critics point out that the ministry chooses to focus on secondary issues such as providing Wi-Fi, catering, concessions to gain favor from the public instead of taking ownership of the situation.
The primary cause of rail accidents is rail derailment and the secondary is unmanned level crossings. The rail derailments happen mostly because of the non-renewal of the rail tracks or upgradation to account for increasing usage and burden over the years. While the accidents at unmanned level crossings generally happen because of human carelessness.
The government has been asked to take certain precautionary measures such as elimination of both manned and unmanned level crossings, advanced signaling based on continuous track circuiting and an institution of a separate department solely entrusted with security and safety.
If the necessary provisions are not made in the due course, the second largest railway system in the world might just remain a black mark.
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