If you think train accidents have increased under NDA, then read these statistics
The job of a Railway Minister is probably one of the toughest. He or she is questioned every time there is a train accident and in the past, there have been Railway Ministers who have resigned while accepting moral responsibility.
On Friday there was one more train accident that as reported from Chitrakoot when 13 bogies of the Vasco da Gama express derailed. The opposition was quick to blame the government.
In the midst of this debate, it would be only fair to put out some statistics to show that train accidents have indeed decreased over the past few years.
In the years 2014-15, the number of train accidents was 135. The subsequent year the number of accidents on the tracks came down to 107. In 2017 the number of train accidents stands at 104.
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Under
UPA-1
the
average
number
of
train
accidents
was
at
207
a
year.
Under
UPA-II
it
came
down
to
135.
Under
the
current
dispensation,
it
has
further
reduced
to
115.
When
one
takes
into
account
the
number
of
fatalities,
under
UPA-I
it
was
at
759.
Under
UPA-II
it
increased
to
938.
Under
the
current
dispensation,
the
number
of
fatalities
has
reduced
to
652.
Railway Ministry statistics show that accidents per million train kilometres, an important index of safety, have come down from 0.23 in 2006-2007 to 0.10 in 2015-2016 and further to 0.09 in the year 2016-2017 despite a quantum increase in the volume of traffic carried by Indian Railways over the years.
Safety measures, including speedy track renewal, ultrasonic rail detection system, elimination of several unmanned level crossings on priority basis, a special safety fund, along with sophisticated the Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches with anti-climbing features, have additionally helped make train travel safer.
Looking at the investments for safety, the spending has increased from Rs 33,972 a year during UPA-II to Rs 54,031 core per year under NDA. This is a jump of 60 percent when it comes to spending on safety.
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