SAFETY
MEASURES AFTER ACCIDENTS IN KONKAN RAILWAY
RAJYA
SABHA
Immediate temporary
safety measures taken by Konkan Railway (KRCL) include (i) patrolling
by locomotives in advance of the passenger trains and temporary
speed restriction of 40 kmph in addition to already existing manual
patrolling of vulnerable spots, (ii) provision of Audio visual
predictive warning alarm device called "Raksha Dhaga"
in all deep cuttings more than 12 m in depth in tunnel approaches,
(iii) provision of sand bag buffers, (iv) in rock cuttings of
15 m and above, provision of special steel boulder nets, rock
bolting and shotcreting, (v) provision of lined side drain with
toe protection wall or pitching along the slope.
Safety measures are
taken for different types of accidents and it is a continuous
process.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya
in a written reply to a question from Shrimati Vanga Geetha in
the Rajya Sabha today.
