14th August, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


SAFETY DEPARTMENTS IN RAILWAYS


LOK SABHA

Recently, it has been decided to make the department broad based by inducting manpower from five major operational departments, instead of confining it to traffic department. It has also been empowered to have an assertive role in administrative action against staff/officers, causing accidents or safety related failures.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya in a written reply to a question from Shri Ravindra Kumar Pandey in the Lok Sabha today.