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Enhancing Community Safety Near Railway Properties: The Indian Context

The Indian Railways is a massive network serving approximately 23 million passengers daily and transporting over 1 billion tonnes of freight each year. Safety near railway properties is critical, especially concerning unmanned level crossings, which account for a significant percentage of accidents and casualties. This presentation explores accident statistics, the response of Indian Railways, including innovative safety measures, and case studies from the Delhi Division. It emphasizes awareness campaigns and collaboration among stakeholders to improve safety and reduce accidents.

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Enhancing Community Safety Near Railway Properties: The Indian Context

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  1. COMMUNITY SAFETY ISSUES NEAR RAILWAY PROPERTY: INDIAN SCENARIO VinodBhatia Jasmeet Singh Bindra

  2. INDIAN RAILWAYS: AN INTRODUCTION • Around 23 million passengers per day • 1000 million tonnes of freight a year • Nearly 64460 route kilometres • Over 7100 block stations • Nearly 1.3 million employees • Daily earnings of $ 40 million on an average • Aiming for $ 13 billion dedicated freight corridor (DFC) mega project

  3. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION • Analysis of accident figures of Indian Railways • Response of Indian railways • The issue of level crossings: providing alternative • Various innovations • Case study of Delhi Division

  4. ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT FIGURES OF INDIAN RAILWAYS

  5. Types of accidents

  6. Casualties in Accidents

  7. RESPONSE OF INDIAN RAILWAYS • 4 ‘A’ i.e. • Awareness, • Alternatives, • Accountability • Administer

  8. THE ISSUE OF LEVEL CROSSINGS: PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE • Total 31,254 level crossings on 1.04.2013 • 12,582 (40%) level crossings unmanned • Unmanned Level Crossing accidents constitute 38% of the total train accidents resulting in 56% of deaths and 25% of injuries in train accidents.

  9. Timings of Accidents

  10. ELIMINATION OF UNMANNED LCS IN LAST 5 YEARS:

  11. ACTION PLAN FOR ELIMINATION OF UNMANNED LCS

  12. COMPLETION OF ROBS/RUBS IN LAST 5 YEARS

  13. WAY TO ADMINISTER • Various innovations like active and passive warning systems, sliding boom level crossing system, Train Actuated Warning Device (TAWD), Gate Warning System as part of Anti Collision System. • SIMS(Safety Information Management System)

  14. An innovation on speed breaker

  15. Types of Vehicles involved in Accident

  16. Path to Awareness: Case study of Delhi Division • 'SukhiGriha' scheme • Public education programs • Street plays and dramas • Indian Railway museum at Delhi

  17. AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS • Posters in Panchayats (local village government offices). • Targeting illiterate heavy vehicle drivers • Safety campaigns in rural areas • Sending SMS messages • Media Sensitization workshops • Appointing Rail Safety Ambassadors from celebrities

  18. REGIONAL SEGMENTS

  19. Issue of accountability • Claims and Compensation on vandalizing Government properties. • Deteriorating law and order situation in some parts • Issue of Sabotage

  20. CONCLUSION • Co-operative relationships with stakeholders • Railway staff • Road users and maintenance authorities • NGOs, Police and Urban development authorities. • Other railway institutions

  21. Thank you

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