Zero passenger fatalities in the last 15 months: Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)

GUWAHATI: Indian Railways registered the best ever safety record during April 2019 – March 2020. Including this year so far (from 01.04.2019 to 08.06.2020) there has been no fatality of any railway passenger in any train accident. The remarkable feat has been achieved for the first time in the year 2019-2020 since introduction of Railway System in India 166 years ago in the year 1853. The zero passenger fatalities in the last 15 months is a result of continuous efforts by Indian Railways to improve safety performance in all respects.

In the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) area also due to increased emphasis on alertness and implementation of various safety measures; there were no train accidents involving loss of life. Even incidences of minor accidents also decreased significantly during last year in comparison to previous year. In comparison to 29 such incidents during the year 2018-19, there were only 8 during 2019-20. Even during the lockdown period when there were only skeleton field staffs were on duty no cases of accidents including minor accidents were reported within NFR though there was increased movements of freight and parcel carrying trains.

Safety being the topmost priority always, the measures undertaken for safety improvement include elimination of manned level crossings, construction of Road over Bridges (ROBs)/ Road under Bridges (RUBs), rehabilitation of bridges, highest ever renewal of rail tracks, highest ever supply of rails during the year from SAIL, effective track maintenance, stringent monitoring of safety aspects, improved training of railway staff, improvements in signaling system, use of modern technology for safety works, switching over to modern and safer LHB coaches in phases from the conventional ICF coaches etc. 

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