(a) the details of enquiry committees on the accidents that the
Railways have set up during each of the last three years, zone-wise;
(b) the recommendations made by the Committees, case-wise; and
(c) the action taken thereon especially for South-Central Railway?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 473 BY SHRI SURESH KUMAR SHETKAR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.02.2011
REGARDING ENQUIRY COMMITTEES ON RAIL ACCIDENTS.
(a): Each and every consequential train accident is inquired into either by
the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) under Ministry of Civil Aviation or by
a Departmental Enquiry Committee (DEC) under zonal Railways, depending upon the
severity of the accident. Zonal Railway-wise accidents inquired into by the
Commissioner of Railway Safety and the Departmental Enquiry Committee during
the last three years is shown as under:
Zonal Railway Year 2007-08 Year 2008-09 Year 2009-10
No. of Inquired by No. of Inquired by No. of Inquired by conse- CRS DEC conse- CRS DEC conse- CRS DEC quen- quen- quen- tial tial tial train train train acci- acci- acci- dents# dents# dents#
Central 5 1 4 9 1 8 13 4 9 Eastern 2 - 2 7 - 7 3 - 3 East Central 6 - 6 14 2 12 15 3 12 East Coast 12 1 11 7 3 4 7 - 7 Northern 14 2 12 18 2 16 10 1 9 North Central 12 2 10 13 1 12 6 3 3 North Eastern 8 1 7 9 1 8 2 - 2 Northeast 11 3 8 3 2 1 7 - 7 Frontier North Western 10 1 9 3 - 3 4 2 2 Southern 6 1 5 4 1 3 4 1 3 South Central 8 1 7 7 2 5 8 - 8 South Eastern 10 - 10 9 - 9 7 - 7 Southeast 6 - 6 1 - 1 1 - 1 Central South Western 6 - 6 4 - 4 4 - 4 Western 7 1 6 2 - 2 7 3 4 West Central 5 2 3 5 - 5 2 - 2 Konkan Railway 1 1 - - - - - - -
Total 129 17 112 115 15 100 100 17 83