Rail Accidents: Putting Rail Safety Back On Track
In yet another unfortunate tragedy, Two people died and 20 others were injured after about 18 coaches of a train bound for Mumbai derailed in Jharkhand early this morning. The Howara-CSMT Express derailed near Badabamboo, around 80 km from Jamshedpur at around 3.45 am. Rescue teams were rushed to the site immediately after the derailment was notified. This is the fourth incident in a spate of train accidents, collisions or derailments that we have seen in the last few months. There was a terrible train collision in Balasore, then Visakhapatnam, Siliguri, Gonda and now near Jamshedpur. These incidents have highlighted the inadequacies in the railway safety system.
