There has been a continuing neglect in filling up posts relating to safety and monitoring, which has weakened the traditional monitoring systems of the Railways. For example, a year after the devastating Balasore train accident, two goods trains collided near Madhopur in Sirhind, Punjab, injuring two locomotive pilots. As I mentioned in my earlier letters, many “near-miss accidents” due to systemic failures in the Railways go unreported, the public unaware of the potential risk to their lives. Good governance implies owning responsibility for governance failures at the highest level and subjecting oneself to public accountability, more than anyone else. I sincerely hope that the Railway Ministry is not waiting for yet another disastrous accident to awaken its conscience!!!

Source: Economic Times June 25, 2024 10:11 UTC