‘Rail fracture, welding failures pose threat to safety of trains’
The Hindu
Board calls for immediate intervention to avert accidents
The Railway Ministry has sent out an alert that rail fractures and weld failures have become a threat to the safety of train operations, and called for the immediate intervention of top officials to detect such failures and avert hazards.
In a note to General Managers of Zonal Railways on Wednesday, the Railway Board said rail fracture and weld failure had emerged as a “major area of concern for the rail safety”.
In the last three years, five derailments, including two consequential accidents, had occurred due to rail fracture/weld failure.
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