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RAILWAY ACCIDENT STATISTICS
Only trains don't kill gentle giantsTrain-elephant collisions continue to claim jumbo lives across India. A recent tragedy in Assam saw eight elephants killed. Experts point t...- 'Restless about keeping his politics going': BJP's Dilip Jaiswal lashes out at Rahul GandhiBJP President Dilip Jaiswal criticized Rahul Gandhi's accusations against the BJP government regarding the alleged suppression of death fig...
- Rail accidents came down to 81 in FY25: VaishnawRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reported a significant decline in rail accidents, down to 81 in the last financial year from 400 previous...
- India now produces more locomotives than America and Europe combined: Ashwini VaishnawIndia has surpassed the US and Europe in locomotive production, manufacturing over 1,400 units, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw sa...
- Railway fares in India far less than neighbouring countries: VaishnawRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw highlighted that India's railway fares are significantly lower than those of neighboring countries, with ...
- India is exporting metro coaches, locomotives, and bogies: Ashwini VaishnawIndia is exporting Metro coaches to Australia and propulsion systems to several countries including France and Germany, according to Union ...
- Ashamed to see commuters travelling like cattle in Mumbai trains: High CourtA division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar said it will hold the top officials of both the Central and Western...
- Railways Budget: Can Budget 2024 build the safety net for happy rail rides?Union Budget 2024: The Indian Railways proposes a groundbreaking ₹1 lakh crore plan to procure 7,000-8,000 new train sets over 15 years. Ai...
- Lockdown 2020: Over 8,700 people died on railway tracks during the year, many of them migrantsThe Railway Board shared the data on such deaths for the period between January and December 2020 in its reply to a question by Madhya Prad...
- Despite curtailed railway services, 8,700 people died on tracks in 2020, many of them migrantsWhile the fatalities during 2020 were lesser compared to four years immediately before that, the numbers are still significant given the fa...
- 1.54 lakh people killed in road crashes in India in 2019, over-speeding reason in 60% cases: DataAccording to the statistics, 38 per cent victims of road accidents were riders of 'two-wheelers' followed by trucks or lorries, cars and bu...
- Around 30,000 people lost their lives in last three years due to accidents on railway tracksConsequential accident deaths, however, remain zero since last and the ongoing financial years.
- Reforms in Railways should continue with a sharper eye on safety and executionIf Prabhu is replaced, will there be a pause on spending on rail infra, Rs 4L cr has been spent between 2014-2018 as against Rs 4.9L cr bet...
- What Jaitley didn't tell you in his budget speech about the state of Indian RailwaysThis is the first time freight earnings have fallen since 1978-79. It is a telling statistic about the state of the railways and the overal...
- Fire in trains: Supreme Court for lab test of materials used in coachesSC orders lab test of materials used for furnishing interiors of coaches in trains to ascertain whether they meet rescribed safety standard...
- New rail law to make it tough to claim compensation in cases of 'untoward' incidentsMore rail passengers die due to falls from trains than collisions or derailments, and a new law is all set to make it much harder to claim ...
- Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2014 to amend Railways ActInitiating the discussion on the Bill, Venugopal narrated an incident in Kerala where a girl lost her life after jumping from a train to es...
- What of road safety? Is the finance minister bothered?About 35% of all accidental deaths in India take place on the roads. Indians are 20 times as likely to die of a road accident.
- Ministers’ safety credentials: Jaffer Sharief fares the worstDoes Mamata Banerjee have the worst track record when it comes to railway safety?
- Dismal rail safetyIndian railways need to implement safety mechanisms.
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