NEW DELHI: Railway board chairman Aswani Lohani has blamed "huge accumulated deficit" in upkeep of infrastructure due to "decades of neglect" for the new spate of educate accidents.
"The accident at Manikpur is a cause for concern. Huge accumulated deficit in upkeep of infrastructure arising out of decades of neglect is taking its toll," Lohani said, terming the derailment of Patna-bound Vasco Da Gama Express in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, which killed a minimum of 3 passengers, as a "cause of concern".
"Consolidation has to take priority over growth and an action plan has to emerge very shortly," Lohani said in a Facebook submit.
The remark seems to suggest that the nationwide transporter would possibly move slow at the huge growth plan driven through Suresh Prabhu right through his tenure as railway minister.
"It also suggests that the state-run transporter is working on yet another action plan," a railway official said, including that railways already had many plans and stories, and the need used to be to motivate and mobilise workers on the grassroots level.
Prabhu, who quit after the Utkal Express derailment in August, had managed to raise around Rs 1.5 lakh crore from LIC to fund critical and economically viable initiatives and paintings for doubling, tripling and building of fourth line and construction tracks to make sure port connectivity.
Lohani, former Air India chief who used to be brought in after the Utkal Express derailment, said the rustic used to be taking a look as much as the railways to set its house in order however the reality remained that it could take its time and may also extract its worth, "a price that will have to be paid either way".
Four educate accidents in lower than 12 hours in UP and Odisha killed seven persons and injured a minimum of 11 on November 23.
"That there are no free lunches is a realisation that needs to sink in inside every railway employee, the over 13 lakh of them. Yet, the inherent strength of the system and its constituents is what keeps me going," he said.
At the tip of his submit, Lohani invoke god and said, "May god give us the strength to deliver what is expected of us and the entire team to live up to the expectations of the nation."
"The accident at Manikpur is a cause for concern. Huge accumulated deficit in upkeep of infrastructure arising out of decades of neglect is taking its toll," Lohani said, terming the derailment of Patna-bound Vasco Da Gama Express in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, which killed a minimum of 3 passengers, as a "cause of concern".
"Consolidation has to take priority over growth and an action plan has to emerge very shortly," Lohani said in a Facebook submit.
The remark seems to suggest that the nationwide transporter would possibly move slow at the huge growth plan driven through Suresh Prabhu right through his tenure as railway minister.
"It also suggests that the state-run transporter is working on yet another action plan," a railway official said, including that railways already had many plans and stories, and the need used to be to motivate and mobilise workers on the grassroots level.
Prabhu, who quit after the Utkal Express derailment in August, had managed to raise around Rs 1.5 lakh crore from LIC to fund critical and economically viable initiatives and paintings for doubling, tripling and building of fourth line and construction tracks to make sure port connectivity.
Lohani, former Air India chief who used to be brought in after the Utkal Express derailment, said the rustic used to be taking a look as much as the railways to set its house in order however the reality remained that it could take its time and may also extract its worth, "a price that will have to be paid either way".
Four educate accidents in lower than 12 hours in UP and Odisha killed seven persons and injured a minimum of 11 on November 23.
"That there are no free lunches is a realisation that needs to sink in inside every railway employee, the over 13 lakh of them. Yet, the inherent strength of the system and its constituents is what keeps me going," he said.
At the tip of his submit, Lohani invoke god and said, "May god give us the strength to deliver what is expected of us and the entire team to live up to the expectations of the nation."
Decades of neglect taking toll on infrastructure: Railway board chief
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