Friday, June 6, 2014

Railway safety high on D. V. Sadananda Gowda’s agenda

Railway Ministry under new Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda is actively considering implementation of the recommendations of Kakodkar Committee such as elimination of level crossings, upgrading of signaling system and installation of protection warning system. Kakodkar panel was constituted by the then Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi of TMC.


The High Level Safety Review Committee, headed by former Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar, and former managing director of Delhi Metro Rail corporation, E Sreedharan as one of its members, had recommended several measures to prevent train accidents in 2012.
A meeting of the Railway Board with the Safety Directorate were held on June 4 and 5 examining the whole gamut of safety aspect of train operation and causes of train mishaps. Kakodkar committee made a total of 106 recommendations and the same are under examination in detail by the Railway Board.