(a) whether the I.T.F. and railway organisations are not satisfied with the security
measures taken by the Indian Railway;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the safety related training of railway staff is not being strengthened despite human error being found responsible for 70 percent of railway accidents;
(d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps being taken by the Government to impart safety related training to
the railway employees?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI O. RAJAGOPAL)
(a) & (b) No, Sir. Maintenance of law and order is the responsibility of State
Government. However, the proposal to empower RPF for providing better
security to passengers is under consideration.
(c) No, Sir. Safety Training is given priority.
(d) Does not arise.
(e) The steps being taken for imparting safety related training to railway
employees are:-
(i) Emphasis is laid on the initial and refresher training of staff. Training
curricula are reviewed from time to time and training is given with
modern aids.
(ii) Recently uniform standard training modules for Induction, Refresher
and Promotional Courses for Loco Running staff have been
introduced.
(iii) From time to time, staff connected with train operations are specially
screeened and those found dificient are given crash courses at the
training centres.
(iii) Training facilities for drivers, guards and staff connected with train
operations have been modernized, including use of Simulators for
training of drivers.