Railways to map festivals along the tracks to prevent fatalities
The Hindu
Advisory to be issued to loco pilots on speed restrictions, other safety aspects
More than two years after a train fatally mowed down 61 persons participating in ‘Dussehra’ near Amritsar, the Ministry of Railways has decided to map local festivals celebrated near railway tracks across the country and issue advisory to loco pilots on speed restrictions and other safety aspects. In a note to General Managers of Zonal Railways, the Railway Board said there were several local festivals celebrated in India during which the devotees/people gathered near railway premises and crossed the track in groups as part of the event. Such occasions had led to unusual incidents resulting in casualty in the past. All Divisional Railway Managers were advised to prepare a list of local festivals having the possibility of gathering in and around railway tracks in all States. “The loco pilot of all trains passing through such locations on festival day should be suitably advised,” the note issued early this month said.
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