Railways pulled up over delay in safety steps
September 20th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) A parliamentary standing committee has criticised the railways over delay in installing anti-collision devices and asked it to prepare a concrete strategy in six months to deal with the issue.
Noting that progress in installing the anti-collision device (ACD) is “not satisfactory”, the Standing Committee has directed the Railway Board to come out with a concrete strategy within six months to address the issue.
The standing committee headed by DMK MP T.R. Baalu has said in its recent report that the railways should complete the process in a time-bound manner.
According to the railway ministry, ACD has been in trial as a pilot project on Northeast Frontier Railways since July 2006.
Officials said the improved version of ACD will be put to trials on Southern, South Central and South Western Railways covering 1,600 km route.
The committee has noted with distress that there were several incidents of collisions of trains in the recent past like the Kalka Mail accident in Uttar Pradesh July 2011, involving 70 casualties, and the recent collision in Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu in which 10 people were killed.
–Indo-Asian News service
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