Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw moved the bill in the Lok Sabha. The bill will now head to the Rajya Sabha, where the ruling coalition is short of the majority mark.
Railway Minister informs Lok Sabha about special Railway Protection Force (RPF) deployment and additional measures at railway stations near border areas.
In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today, Vaishnaw highlighted the steps taken by Indian Railways to bolster safety across its vast network
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent millions on his personal publicity but he completely ignored rail safety leading to nearly 300 deaths and another 900 injured in the Balasore rail mishap, said Mahesh Tapase
The Coromandel Express runs at a speed of 130 km/hr and covers a distance of 1659 kms between Shalimar railway station, West Bengal, and Chentntral railway station, Tamil Nadu.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "Our goal is to make sure missing persons' family members can find them as soon as possible...our responsibility is not over yet."
Thee Commissioner of Railway Safety (South Eastern Circle) will hold a statutory enquiry in connection with the derailment of 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandal Express and 12864 SMVT Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express at Bahanaga Bazar station near Balasore
By Saturday afternoon the number of people who were killed in the incident had gone up to 261 while around 900 have been been injured, according to officials