The All India Loco Running Staff Association has urged the Railway Ministry to reconsider the decision to dismiss two loco pilots in connection with the collision of two goods trains in the Adra Division of South Eastern Railway on June 25.
The case relates to the accident in which a goods train collided with the rear of another goods train stabled at the Ondagram railway station in West Bengal resulting in the derailment of a few wagons.
After a probe revealed that the loco pilots of the approaching goods train had slipped into “microsleep” and passed the signal in danger, the inquiry officer removed them from service with immediate effect.
