Question : Train Accidents

(a) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that the train accidents are increasing due to the gaps and bad condition of railway tracks;

(b) if so, the details of train accidents during the last two years along with the reasons therefor;

(c) the expenditure incurred for the maintenance and replacement of railway tracks during the last two years;

(d) the details of the maintenance and replacement of railway tracks in Southern Railway during the last two years;

(e) the details of the expenditure for maintenance and replacement of railway tracks in Thiruvananthapuram division during the last two years; and

(f) the available mechanism for repair and replacement of damaged railway tracks in Thiruvananthapuram division?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)to (f): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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