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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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Aman Rana
Aman Rana 10 years 7 months ago
Installing small and cheap sensors on unmanned level crossing what most of developed country have can save hundards of lives. I never unserstand what we are waiting for??
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APURVA RAI
APURVA RAI 10 years 7 months ago
ENGINES: I don't see Bullet Trains becoming a reality in India so easily. But what we can do is change the design of our train engines. Why don't we have aerodynamic train engines thus making them cut into the air easily and improving upon the safety.
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APURVA RAI
APURVA RAI 10 years 7 months ago
Signages indicating unmanned level crossing should become very prominent and frequent from a distance of two kilometres. If possible train timings of the day should come up from a distance of half-a-kilometre.
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SANJAY KHANDELWAL
SANJAY KHANDELWAL 10 years 7 months ago
We can do the following to Prevent Accidents at Low Cost : 1)Erect Signboard with Warning 2)Mention the No of Accidents happened year -wise due to this negligence in india and in that particular state for last 5 yrs. 3)The language must be easy to be understood to passerby and not only in English. 4)Create continuous awareness program .
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ramu naidu vegi
ramu naidu vegi 10 years 7 months ago
In kerala 100 LC gates are there in 100km stretch(Ernakulam-Alleppey-Kayankulam).Operationally each LC is like a station on manning and interlocking.If state representing people wanted to run trains at high speed,options left are 1.Disciplining the people by closing the LCs 2.Have an elevated rail corridor. As far as unmanned gates and their closing is concerned,state govts are not serious of disciplining the people.Afterall states think Rly is central Govt and thus they dont pursue matter.
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Balaji Sridhar
Balaji Sridhar 10 years 7 months ago
Dear railway department , In india there is about more than 15000 unmanned level crossing which deaths are also uncountable......to stop this bridges an be constructed with help of respective state govt local authority.......2) It also can be done under the scheme NAMAKKU NAAMAE ( FOR US ) can get money form public and use it 3)by least construct mini ROB and RUB or by BOT basis...... Thank You
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Vikas Gupta
Vikas Gupta 10 years 7 months ago
on a large basis, ROB and RUB should be build even at crossings with less traffic but which have supportive terrain to build passes and remove the crossing.
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Dr Swapan Kumar Banerjee
Dr Swapan Kumar Banerjee 10 years 8 months ago
Still many many rail crossings are unmanned. Even if men are employed, there's no guarantee that he will operate the gates and prevent the adventurous from crossing the line at the risk of their life. People can't wait for the trains to go because they are indisciplined. Better result at lesser cost can be achieved if this job is outsourced to the best agencies.
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