VISAKHAPATNAM: On October 29 last year, two train drivers were engrossed in watching a cricket match on their mobile phones when a train collided in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district, leading to the death of 14 people, the railway minister said. It is said that lives were lost. Ashwini Vaishnau.
He referred to the Vizianagaram accident while speaking on new railway safety measures in New Delhi on Saturday. “We are currently implementing a system that will detect such distractions and allow the pilot and co-pilot to fully concentrate on the operation of the train,” Vaishnau said.
The Minister reiterated his commitment to railway safety and pledged to investigate the root causes of the accident to prevent future accidents from occurring.
The accident occurred when the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger train overstepped the signal and collided with the Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger train, which was said to have slowed down on the Kantakapalle-Allamanda section. The driver and his assistant of the Rayagada train and the guard of the Palasa train were also killed and around 50 passengers were injured.
After the accident, railway authorities suspected human error was likely the cause of the collision, but did not rule out other possibilities. Preliminary investigation found that the Rayagada train driver ignored two defective automatic signals and violated safety rules.
Survivors recalled experiencing a sudden tremor as the train applied its brakes before the collision. The Rayagada train was traveling at a speed of about 80 km/hr. The commission conducted an investigation into the collision and a report was awaited.
This is the third major train accident since June 2 last year when a Coromandel Express collided with a stopped goods train in Balasore, Odisha, killing 296 people and injuring 1,200. became. On October 11, the Delhi Kamakhya North East Express derailed in Bihar's Buxar district, killing five passengers and injuring 30 others.
He referred to the Vizianagaram accident while speaking on new railway safety measures in New Delhi on Saturday. “We are currently implementing a system that will detect such distractions and allow the pilot and co-pilot to fully concentrate on the operation of the train,” Vaishnau said.
The Minister reiterated his commitment to railway safety and pledged to investigate the root causes of the accident to prevent future accidents from occurring.
The accident occurred when the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger train overstepped the signal and collided with the Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger train, which was said to have slowed down on the Kantakapalle-Allamanda section. The driver and his assistant of the Rayagada train and the guard of the Palasa train were also killed and around 50 passengers were injured.
After the accident, railway authorities suspected human error was likely the cause of the collision, but did not rule out other possibilities. Preliminary investigation found that the Rayagada train driver ignored two defective automatic signals and violated safety rules.
Survivors recalled experiencing a sudden tremor as the train applied its brakes before the collision. The Rayagada train was traveling at a speed of about 80 km/hr. The commission conducted an investigation into the collision and a report was awaited.
This is the third major train accident since June 2 last year when a Coromandel Express collided with a stopped goods train in Balasore, Odisha, killing 296 people and injuring 1,200. became. On October 11, the Delhi Kamakhya North East Express derailed in Bihar's Buxar district, killing five passengers and injuring 30 others.
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