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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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Sagnik Sarkar
Sagnik Sarkar 11 years 8 months ago
Level Crossings can be automated. As such, all manually operated ones are closed a specified time before the train is scheduled to pass. What can be done is that this very simple process of opening and closing the gates can be entirely automated, based on estimated time of passage of the train through the area. Although this might be unfeasible in urban areas due to congestion and indisciplined chaos, it would be much easier to do the same in lesser-crowded rural areas.
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MITHILESH GUPTA
MITHILESH GUPTA 11 years 8 months ago
Sir,railway should give priority to unmanned level crossing to reduce disaster at such crossings.it can generate revenue for such work by providing hoardings to business organisations at such level crossings.I have seen small shops near crossings at railway property.some amount can be charged from them which will be invested for fencing of such crossings.
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MEDIDI MARTIN JAYA PRAKASH
MEDIDI MARTIN JAYA PRAKASH 11 years 8 months ago
IN ORDER TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS AT UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSING INSTAL A SIREN WORKING WITH SOLAR PANEL AND RESPONSIBILITY MUST BE LAID ON THE SHOULDERS OF COMMUNITY GROUPS NEAR BY VILLAGES. THIS SIREN AUTOMATICALLY SENSES THE TRAIN ONE KILOMETER BEFORE
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Pravin nandlal
Pravin nandlal 11 years 8 months ago
Revenue:- - i am travelling from last 15 year and seen lots of waste is lieing idle besides tracks this needs to be monetise it will serve to puepose Revenue and Our PM's Love cleanliness - i am seeing all the food stall on station from many years and same contractor gets the contract with low rent, Either you should charge high rent or IRCTC themself run this stalll abd can earn huge profit as it railway peoperty or stall should modernise and proper accounting so actual tax can be collected
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Pravin nandlal
Pravin nandlal 11 years 8 months ago
Railway to enhance efficiency and revenue:- - Use of aadhar card bar coding for ticket booking for reservarion and while travelling it should be mandatory to carry Aadhar card and TC should have machine to veryfy the aadhar card with actual finger prints using biometric verification of aadhar from database - it will help in security as any fraudulant person can be easily traced - it will bring curtain on lots of midoing of agents and other people in ticket booking
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Pravin nandlal
Pravin nandlal 11 years 8 months ago
Government can apont a man on unmenned level crossing because railway is paying clam for accident same money can use for employment
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ashok shukl
ashok shukl 11 years 8 months ago
Now a day in railway their is a drive to construct LHS (low height subway) at unmanned level crossing.but first of all the priority shall be given to manned level crossing. As my experience people are only trying to achieve the target by closing level crossing. No proper system to control to fill the Lhs with rain water. It seems it may become only a Lucca pond.
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ashok shukl
ashok shukl 11 years 8 months ago
Continued..... Hooter shall be provided at side of road both side of unmanned level crossing minimum two no each side. And these hooter shall be controlled by train driver by remote system. When train appproch to unmanned level crossings as in practice driver gives whistle in same way by remote he will give whistle. It system shall be adopted as a trail basis . it is also not expensive. I suggest that this system shall be introduce
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