IMPROVING SAFETY ON RAILWAYS
Of the 278 recommendations
made by Railway Safety Review Committee-98 (Justice Khanna Committee)
in both the parts of its report, 248 have been accepted fully
or partially. Of these, 53 recommendations, primarily relating
to issues of Railway Recruitment Boards, training, track, rolling
stock and safety organization have already been implemented. Implementation
of remaining accepted and partially accepted recommendations is
at various stages depending upon availability of resources and
success of trials. The implementation and compliance is being
monitored at the level of divisions, zones and Railway Board.
One of the major
recommendations made in Part-I of the report was that the Central
Government should provide a one-time grant to the Railways to
wipe out arrears in renewal of over-aged assets within a fixed
timeframe. To implement this recommendation, a non-lapsable "Special
Railway Safety Fund’ of Rs. 17,000 crores has already been set
up to wipe out arrears in renewal of over-aged assets of track,
bridges, signalling and rolling stock for some safety enhancement
measures.
