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| Date | 2019-01-22 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commercial Circular |
| Topic | reservation |
| Currency | Historical — likely superseded |
showed that out of total 3515 accidents, 2045 accidents
See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330543850 Railway Disasters in India: Causes, Effects and Management Article · January 2019 CITATIONS 5 READS 19,114 2 authors, including: Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Maharashtra State Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme View project Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management View project Satish Bhagwatrao Aher ICMR- National Institute for Research in Environmental Health 65 PUBLICATIONS 243 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE All content following this page was uploaded by Satish Bhagwatrao Aher on 22 January 2019. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Int. J. Reviews and Research in Social Sci. 6(2): April- June 2018 122 www.anvpublication.org ISSN 2347-5145 (Print) 2454-2687 (Online) RESEARCH ARTICLE Railway Disasters in India: Causes, Effects and Management Satish Bhagwatrao Aher*1, Deepak Raj Tiwari2 1Present address- Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal 462 038, INDIA 2Indira Gandhi National Open University Study Centre, Govt. Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya, Bhopal 462 008, INDIA *Corresponding Author E-mail: [email removed] ABSTRACT: Present study was conducted to study the causes, impacts and management of disasters in Indian Railway. In order to fulfill the objectives of the study, the secondary data with respect to number of railway accidents, financial losses, deaths, injuries, the causes of railway accidents etc. for last 16 years (2000-2016) was obtained, compiled and statistically analyzed. The disaster management system in Indian Railway was studied with respect to railway disasters. The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has the disaster management plan for management of the Railway Disaster at national, zonal and divisional level which provides the framework for prevention, mitigation, preparedness, rescue, relief and rehabilitation through risk identification, hazard mapping, preventive and anti- sabotage security system, crowd management plans, 'Golden Hour' response, hospital disaster plan, training, technology up gradation, periodic mock drills etc. The results revealed that there are four major categories of accidents viz. derailment, level crossing accidents, collisions and fire in trains which are caused by three major factors viz. human error, equipment failure, and sabotage. Out of total accidents occurred in Indian Railway derailments, level crossing accidents, collisions and fire accidents were 58%, 32%, 5% and 3%, respectively. 85% accidents were caused due to human error, whereas failure of equipments and sabotage contributed to 5% and 4% accidents, respectively. During 2000-2016, 2297 people lost their life in railway accidents and 6088 people got injured affecting total 8385 people in the country. Indian Railway faced a total loss of Rs. 86486 Cr. due to accidents. KEYWORDS: Disaster Management, Railway Disaster, Railway Accident, Derailment, Collision INTRODUCTION: Railway Disaster is a serious train accident or an untoward event of grave nature, either on railway premises or arising out of railway activity, due to natural or man-made causes, that may lead to loss of many lives and/or grievous injuries to a large number of people, and/or severe disruption of traffic etc, necessitating large scale help from other Government/Non-government and Private Organizations [1]. Received on 08.05.2017 Modified on 18.05.2017 Accepted on 08.06.2017 © A&V Publication all right reserved Int. J. Rev. and Res. Social Sci. 2017; 6(2): 122-132 . According to Indian Railway Disaster Management Plan, 2009 untoward event of grave nature, either on railway premises or arising out of railway activity, due to natural or man-made causes, that may lead to loss of many lives and/or grievous injuries to a large number of people, and/or severe disruption of traffic etc, necessitating large scale help from other Government / Non-government Disaste
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