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The Commission of Railway Safety is a government commission of India. Subordinate to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the commission is the rail safety authority in India, as directed by The Railways Act, 1989. The agency investigates serious rail accidents. Its head office was in the North-East Railway Compound in Lucknow.
The 2023 Odisha train collision is one of the deadliest rail accidents with 296 casualties. Indian Railways operates India's railway system and comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways of Government of India. As of 2023, it maintains over 108,706 km (67,547 mi) of tracks and operates over 13,000 trains daily. [1]
Railway Claims Tribunal is headed by chairman. [2] Railway Claims Tribunal comprises two members, one each from Technical and Judicial. [3] [4] Technical member is a retired official of Indian Railways and Judicial member will be from legal background but outside railway services. [5] Justice (Retd) Kannan, is the chairman of Railways Claims ...
The Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) investigators suspect the bypass was done by railway workers to get around signalling hurdles that arose from a malfunctioning barrier used to stop road ...
An investigation was opened into the accident by the Commission of Railway Safety. Brake failure was stated by unidentified railway sources as the cause of the accident. [1] The train's driver and guard were seen by witnesses signalling that there was a problem with the train. [7]
Government Railway Police (GRP), or simply Railway Police, are branches of the state police forces in India responsible for maintaining law and order, as well as ...
Railway Protection Force (RPF) is an armed force of the Union [2] under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India.The force was established by the RPF Act, 1957, [3] enacted by the Indian Parliament for "the better protection and security of railway property and passenger area".
[54] [55] Questions were then raised about the safety and reliability of the Konkan Railway. [56] [57] An inquiry by the Commissioner of Railway Safety ruled that the accident was caused by the "falling of boulders and earth" on the tracks. [58] After the report was issued, the corporation implemented its recommendations.