Mr PM railway safety your priority

With all the technological and innovative prowess India has, yet another tragic railway accident and the death of rail passengers erodes the faith of people in the country’s largest transport system, the Indian Railways.

What is surprising is that the Rail Bhavan bureaucracy has not been jolted out of their slumber despite spate of Railway accidents which have taken innocent lives in quick succession .

While the country has an well meaning Railway Minister in Suresh Prabhu but he needs to ensure that before we can plan bullet trains and taking railway to a jet age railway safety needs to be given top most priority. I would advocate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should focus his next round of review on railway safety and the government should invite innovators in the country to suggest ways to improve safety on the tracks as every railway accident not only leads to sad loss of innocent lives, it also shakes the faith of the common people in the government as millions are transported by the railways. Besides it also reinforces India’s poor safety record globally.