{"id":3672,"date":"2023-06-04T10:20:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T09:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/audit-report-from-last-year-flagged-serious-concerns-on-rail-safety\/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5\/"},"modified":"2023-06-04T10:20:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T09:20:18","slug":"audit-report-from-last-year-flagged-serious-concerns-on-rail-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=3672","title":{"rendered":"Audit Report From Last Year Flagged Serious Concerns On Rail Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-06\/fpfb1gg8_odisha-train-accidentpti-_625x300_04_June_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Audit Report From Last Year Flagged Serious Concerns On Rail Safety\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Audit Report From Last Year Flagged Serious Concerns On Rail Safety\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Audit Report From Last Year Flagged Serious Concerns On Rail Safety\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-06\/fpfb1gg8_odisha-train-accidentpti-_625x300_04_June_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-06-04T14:22:28+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=703783&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/04062023_n_CagReport_70911_40421_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T4M49S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-06\/fpfb1gg8_odisha-train-accidentpti-_625x300_04_June_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=703783&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Odisha Train Accident: The Indian Railways has said the reaction time was very less at such a high speed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>While Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today said the &#8220;root cause&#8221; of the horrific triple train collision in Odisha&#8217;s Balasore, which claimed 288 lives and injured over 1,000 people, has been identified and will be revealed soon in a report, critics have pointed to an audit report of the railways from September last year, which flagged lapses in rail safety. The accident happened due to a change in &#8220;electronic interlocking&#8221;, Mr Vaishnaw has said. The Railway Board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/railway-board-official-explains-sequence-of-events-leading-to-odisha-crash-4092976\">has also detailed the sequence of events<\/a> leading to the crash.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s top auditing body, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in a 2022 report on derailments in Indian Railways sought to find out whether measures to prevent derailments and collisions were clearly laid down and implemented by the rail ministry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were shortfalls ranging from 30-100 per cent in inspections by Track Recording Cars required to assess geometrical and structural conditions of railway tracks,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>From April 2017 to March 2021, 422 derailments were attributable to the &#8216;Engineering Department&#8217;. The major factor responsible for derailment was related to the &#8216;maintenance of track&#8217; (171 cases),\u00a0followed by &#8216;deviation of track parameters beyond permissible limits&#8217; (156 cases), the report said, adding that &#8216;bad driving\/over speeding&#8217; was the major factor responsible for derailments.<\/p>\n<p>The number of accidents attributable to the &#8216;Operating Department&#8217; was 275. &#8216;Incorrect setting of points and other mistakes in shunting operations&#8217; accounted for 84 per cent, the CAG found.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;inquiry reports&#8217; were not submitted to the accepting\u00a0authority within the prescribed time schedule in 63 per cent of cases and in 49 per cent of cases, there was a delay in the acceptance of the reports by accepting authorities, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The report said overall expenditure on priority tasks from the Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh &#8212; a reserve fund that received a corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore over five years starting from 2017-18 &#8212; showed a declining trend. The allotment of funds\u00a0for track renewal works declined, funds allocated to track renewal works were also not fully utilised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Out of 1,127 derailments during 2017-21, 289 derailments (26 per cent) were linked to track renewals,&#8221; the CAG report said.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 2,908 manned level crossings (nine per cent) targeted for elimination during 2018-21, only 2,059 (70 per cent) level crossings were eliminated, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The CAG recommended Railways ensure strict adherence to the scheduled timelines for conducting and finalisation of accident inquiries and develop a strong monitoring mechanism to ensure timely implementation of maintenance activities by adopting fully mechanised methods of track maintenance and improved technologies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/odisha-train-accident-live-audit-report-from-last-year-flagged-serious-concerns-on-rail-safety-4093016\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Odisha Train Accident: The Indian Railways has said the reaction time was very less at such a high speed. 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