RAILWAY SAFETY PLAN OBJECTIVES
Indian Railways have
embarked upon a Safety Plan to achieve reduction in rate of accidents
per million train kilometres from the present level of 0.44 to
0.17 by the year 2013, implement measures to reduce chances of
passenger fatality substantially in consequential train accidents
and focus on development of manpower through major improvements
in working environment and training to reduce the accidents attributable
to human failure by 40 per cent.
Other aspects of
the Safety Plan seek to achieve safety culture on all fronts including
maintenance depots, worksites, stations and controls, achieve
an environment of "Fail-proof" from the present "Fail-safe"
system of asset failures by upgrading the systems, prioritise
safety related projects and implement accepted recommendations
of Justice Khanna Railway Safety Review Committee at an accelerated
pace.
Safety will take
priority over other considerations to achieve the Safety Plan.
Besides, responsibilities would be assigned clearly, every railway
zone would introduce clear safety management plan and bring about
quality changes in the human resource development.