Supreme Court Seeks Details On Safety Measures To Prevent Train Accidents
NDTV
The Supreme Court was hearing a petition that seeks specific directions to the government for the enforcement of the 'Railway Accidents Protective' measures to avoid accidents.
Months after about 293 people were killed in a train accident in Odisha, the Supreme Court today asked the Centre about the safety parameters in the Railways, including the automatic train protection system 'Kavach'.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan asked the Attorney General to apprise it about the protective measures which are implemented or proposed to be implemented by the Railways in the next hearing after four weeks.
"Is there any kind of exercise undertaken that how much financial implication will be there on the 'Kavach' system in case it is introduced on a pan-India basis," the bench asked.
