MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN RAPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 906 BY SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA, SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR, SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR, SHRI RAMA KISHORE SINGH, SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY AND SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.11.2014 REGARDING SPECIAL TRAINS DURING FESTIVAL SEASON.
(a) Yes, Madam.
(b) The zone-wise details of total number of special trains run from April 2014 to September 2014 is as under:-
Railway Special trains (In trips) Central 730 Eastern 214 Northern 5328 North Eastern 1885 Northeast Frontier 550 North Western 4067 East Coast 810 Southern 420 South Eastern 1662 South East Central 287 South Western 2364 Western 2776 South Central 383 North Central 505 East Central 627 West Central 774 Total 23382
(c) Out of the above, no special train was cancelled during the above period.
(d) There was only one incident during festival season 2014, in which one person died and one was injured while trying to board a running train.
During the current year, in the festival season that is from 1st October to 15th November 2014 altogether 06 consequential train accidents took place at stations and no loss of life or injury was involved therein.
Payment of compensation to the victims of train accident (as defined under Section 124 of the Railway Act,1989) is decided by the Railway Claims Tribunal after a claim is filed with the Tribunal by the Claimant. The compensation is paid by the Railways only after award of a decree by the Tribunal in favour of the claimant and if the decree so awarded by the Tribunal is decided to be satisfied by the Railways. The amount of compensation paid to victims of train accident in 2014-15 (upto 20.11.2014) is Rs. 73.49 Lakhs.
(e) Indian Railways run special trains during peak seasons, festivals, special events for clearance of extra rush of passengers keeping in view the pattern of traffic, operational feasibility and availability of resources. This is an ongoing process on Indian Railways. Download PDF Files
