“Safety First: For the first time in 166 years, Indian Railways had zero passenger deaths in the current financial year,” said Railway Minister Piyush Goyal
New Delhi: The Indian Railways has claimed that zero passenger death was observed in the present financial year, that is, 2019-20, which is for the first time in the 166-year-long history of railways.
“Safety First: For the first time in 166 years, Indian Railways had zero passenger deaths in the present financial year,” said Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.
On December 6, the Delhi High Court has sought a response from the Central government on a plea seeking to maintain the highest standards of safety and security measures at all railways stations across India.
Last month, the Railway Ministry Piyush Goyal claimed that in order to improve safety, modern track structure consisting of Pre-stressed Concrete Sleeper (PSC), 60kg, 90 or higher Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) rails, fan-shaped layout turnout on PSC sleepers, steel channel sleepers on girder bridges is used while carrying out primary track renewals.
Safety First: First time in 166 years, Indian Railways had zero passenger deaths in the current financial year.https://t.co/9tgqKSo9js
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) December 25, 2019
Piyush Goyal also said that ultrasonic flaw detection (USFD) testing of rails to detect flaws and timely removal of defective rails are carried out to avoid incidents of derailments and to improve the safety of the railway tracks.
Apart from this, drives and inspections at regular intervals are carried out to monitor and educate staff for the observance of safe practices, Piyush Goyal said.
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