A government committee in India has accused authorities of a "massacre" after a report revealed that approximately 15,000 people die every year trying to cross the tracks of the country's mammoth rail network.
About 6,000 people die on Mumbai's crowded suburban rail network alone, the safety panel's report said. Another 1,000 people die when they fall from crowded coaches, when trains collide or coaches derail.
The safety panel said previous recommendations to make the world's fourth largest railway system safer had been ignored. Its report noted that railway authorities were unwilling to classify the deaths of people hit by trains while crossing the tracks as train accidents.
Most of the deaths occur at unmanned railroad crossings, said the report released over the weekend. Full story...
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About 6,000 people die on Mumbai's crowded suburban rail network alone, the safety panel's report said. Another 1,000 people die when they fall from crowded coaches, when trains collide or coaches derail.
The safety panel said previous recommendations to make the world's fourth largest railway system safer had been ignored. Its report noted that railway authorities were unwilling to classify the deaths of people hit by trains while crossing the tracks as train accidents.
Most of the deaths occur at unmanned railroad crossings, said the report released over the weekend. Full story...
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