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Accidents at Unmanned Level Crossing

Accidents at Unmanned Level Crossing
Start Date :
Jan 01, 2015
Last Date :
Jul 17, 2015
04:15 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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Section 161 of Railway act indicates “If any person driving or leading a vehicle is negligent in crossing an unmanned level crossing, he shall be punishable with imprisonment ...

Section 161 of Railway act indicates “If any person driving or leading a vehicle is negligent in crossing an unmanned level crossing, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one year.”

Section 131 of the Motor Vehicle Act indicates that “Every driver of a motor vehicle at the approach of any unguarded railway level crossing shall cause the vehicle to stop and the driver of the vehicle shall cause the conductor or cleaner or attendant or any other person in the vehicle to walk up to the level crossing and ensure that no train or trolley is approaching from either side and then pilot the motor vehicle across such level crossing, and where no conductor or cleaner or attendant or any other person is available in the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle shall get down from the vehicle himself to ensure that no train or trolley is approaching from either side before the railway track is crossed”

However due to non-following of relevant rules by the road users, many accidents are occurring resulting in loss of precious life  at unmanned level crossings.

Suggest solutions for reducing accidents at unmanned level crossings.

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VIJAY ZADE
VIJAY ZADE 11 years 9 months ago
There is need to install elevators at various stations. Overbridge height is very high. Ladies & senior citizen use shortcuts through track Crossing, result into accidents. Use of mobile during walking has aggravated the problem.
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VIJAY ZADE
VIJAY ZADE 11 years 9 months ago
There is need to tighten & improve ticket checking on stations. Ticket checker does a job for about 2 hrs Only in a day . Tickets needs to be checked from I st claas compartments Extending ticket checking timing will help in more revenue generation .
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VIJAY ZADE
VIJAY ZADE 11 years 9 months ago
In Mumbai Suburban trains , there is need to plug shortcuts/bypass routes of station. Short cut routes are through track crossing . Commuters are engrossed with mobile & donot see running trains. This lead to accidents.
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VIJAY ZADE
VIJAY ZADE 11 years 9 months ago
There is heavy rush in Mumbai local trains during office hours. Youths climb on train roof & travel. Accidents like falling on track & casualty, electrocution by electric overhead lines happens . Office timings in Mumbai city needs to be staggered. Govt authorities needs to take initiativre in this regards.
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ROHIT KATHAR
ROHIT KATHAR 11 years 9 months ago
in india the railway is a journy of life so when we save our life by applying some rule so the railway crossing is one of the major issue of railway for that every indian take care and also cooperate to railway
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Jayant Joshi
Jayant Joshi 11 years 9 months ago
In Mumbai city Travelling in local has become so hectic due to heavy rush & baggages carried by daily travellers. In this regards i will like to share some views 1) Ban on backkpacks shall be done in local trains 2) If ban is not possible, government shall literate people how to travel in a local train, how to carry back pack / sack, how many things shall we carry, 3) How to use Mobile in local train etc. I hope this will reduce rush in trains by more than 30% to 35%
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Tushar Shama
Tushar Shama 11 years 9 months ago
Railway land are mainly wasted. In cities like Delhi we can not expand horizontally, why we don't go vertically or under ground. We can build malls and hotels above railway stations and big parking. This will not only safe space and cost and land is expensive but space above the existing land which railways have is free. grow vertically and below ground, increase platform numbers to reduce crowd and earn more money. Take the help of private developer to create infra if required
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Jayant Joshi
Jayant Joshi 11 years 9 months ago
Sir, I am a regular traveller of central/ western local trains in mumbai. To reduce heavy rush on all the platforms why dont we take away the food stallsout of the stations just like new bombay stations
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