Speed or safety. How to combine both. That’s the solution Indian Railways has to find now after the tragic triple train mishap at Bahanagar Bazar station in Balasore, Odisha, last Friday, as questions have been raised about its functioning.
Signalling neglected?
Having had a relatively major accident-free record in the recent past, the government and the Indian Railways may have missed a key step of giving signalling and telecommunications network upgrade and human resources development upfront a priority while infusing large capital into the gigantic network to improve rail infrastructure and introduce modern and faster trains.
