Mathura Accident
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New Delhi, October 22, 2009
The Railway Board today transferred Mr R D Tripathi, the Divisional Railway Manager of the Agra Division of the North-Central Railway, in the backdrop of the major train accident near Mathura yesterday.
As many as 22 people were killed and 26 others injured in the mishap in which the Delhi-bound Goa Express rammed into the stationary Udaipur-Nizamuddin Mewar Express between Mathura and Vrindavan stations of the Agra Division early yesterday morning.
An official press release said Mr Devesh Kumar Mishra, Dean of the Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management (IRITM), had been posted in his place with immediate effect.
In addition, the Senior Divisional Signal and Telecom Engineer (Sr. DSTE), Agra Division, and the Senior Divisional Electrical Enginner-Operation (Sr. DEE), Jhansi Division have also been asked to proceed on leave, the release said.
Meanwhile, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee reviewed safety measures on the Indian Railways with the entire Railway Board here today.
According to the release, she categorically stated that the safety of the passengers should continue to be given the highest priority. She said there should be no compromise on this and any laxity would not be tolerated.
Ms Banerjee said anyone found wanting on this vital aspect of railway operations would not be spared and stern action would be taken against those playing with the lives of passengers.
She directed the Railway Board to closely monitor all spheres of railway operations connected with safety and conduct periodical reviews of this aspect, the release added.
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Strange-Mr R D Tripathi, the DRM/ Agra Division IS transferred; Sr. DSTE, Agra Division, and the Sr. DEE, Jhansi Division have also been asked to proceed on leave. Neither transfer is a punishment nor asking someone to go on leave. Very elite and magnificent treatment for the higher ups. Perhaps 'suspension' is also not a punishment and that is why a Group 'C' official like SM or LP is suspended (when things go wrong)and thereby equality before law is maintained by transferring and asking the officers to gone on leave! Indeed we follow EQUALITY BEFORE LAW IN TRUE PASSION !!-R.Rajan, ex CVP/AISMA
What is Mr Devesh Kumar Mishar doing?
This is in reference to accidents that we witnessed on Jan, 2 2010) in UP region. As citizens we are entitled to know the root cause of the train accidents.
1. Can people in the Indian Railways update us how many trains are equipped with train protection systems and warning systems
2. How much money is spent per train in equipping the train with train protection systems and warning systems (TPWS and AWS)
3. Which vendor or contractor did the work for implementing train protection systems
4. What steps Indian Railways has taken to prevent such accidents
5. We have read that Konkan Railways has developed Anti Collision Device indigenously. What are the current issues in the current system. If the current systems are not working, we should scrap them and buy from reputed international technology vendor and improve the safety
6. How does Indian Railways ensure that signalling department has deployed designed and tested the signaling systems, applications and infrastructure as per the latest European standards CENELEC standards and SIL4 requirements. What proof the signalling dept is gathering from vendors to ensure that their design and tests go through thorough due diligence
7. Who is accountable for such accidents