Re: Aother train derails…
Pak railways my friends is not independant, the govt is responsible fot the safety of passengers and upkeep of the system…
If this is the second derailment in so many weeks, there is something wrong with managemnet…
Even in America there are actual protocols, people are accountable… Is there such accountability in Pak?
Lets have an investigation, has anyone been fined or anything been done to upgrade the syatem?
This article from the Dawn says it well…
Tragedy on the tracks
THE tragedy that struck the Lahore-bound Karachi Express near Mehrabpur is, indeed, unfortunate and is bound to turn this Eid into an unforgettable occasion for all the wrong reasons for hundreds of families who were awaiting the arrival of their loved ones to celebrate the sacred festival. To all of them individually and collectively go our sincere condolences. Though the minister concerned has not ruled out sabotage as being the underlying cause of the accident, it appears to be more a reflection of the troubled times we are passing through that an act of sabotage can always be considered as one of the possibilities. However, there are also indications that Pakistan Railways’ record of maintenance — or rather the lack of it — of its rolling stock and tracks may have had something to do with the disaster.
Earlier this year, in one week of the month of May, as many as three similar incidents had taken place on this very sector: Burraq Express had derailed at Shahdadpur, a goods train had gone off the track near Nawabshah and Shalimar Express had a similar fate near Mehrabpur itself. A few months prior to that, seven coaches of Allama Iqbal Express had derailed near Hyderabad. Since there were no major casualty figures in any of the incidents, railway authorities apparently did not take them seriously enough to locate the fault, pin down the culprits, and, more importantly, learn their lessons so that such tragedies could be avoided in the future. The result is that in the wake of the latest tragedy, we are again talking of loose nuts and bolts, defective tracks and broken or missing fish plates.
As happens in such cases, the authorities concerned will take their time to figure out the exact cause of the incident. Even then it will have to be seen whether or not they decide to make it public for there has been no dearth of occasions when officials have tried to push the findings of their inquiry under the carpet. Without waiting for the inquiry to be over, however, it will harm no one if Pakistan Railways could start working to overcome the mass of issues related to human negligence and crumbling infrastructure which have together plagued its service for a very long time.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/21/ed.htm#2
So who are you trying to fool? Its an open secret the quality of he Railway infrastructure isnt up to standard and maintanence is hardly what it should be… And govt has done very little to alleviate this problem…
Granted this has been festering prob for while, but this govt has only continued the tradition of neglect.
Maybe if we werent a dictatorship, there could be some accountsbility and someone would be there to actually spend the needed amount on fixing the railways.