Apex court granted four weeks’ time to Centre to submit its report in Triple Train collision in Balasore, Odisha
The supreme court has asked the Attorney General to inform the top court about the steps taken, including the automatic train protection system ‘Kavach’, to prevent train accidents in the country. The apex court has granted four weeks of time to the Centre to submit its report on the measures taken towards the same. A bench of Justices surya Kant and K v Viswanathan was hearing a petition which raised the issue of safety measures to prevent train accidents. The matter will be next heard by the top court after four weeks.Referring to the train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district in june last year, the petitioner said a protection system was launched by the government so that collision of trains could be prevented. He said lot of accidents have taken place in the past due to collision of trains. The plea has sought directions to the Centre to set up an expert commission headed by a retired judge of the apex court and consisting of technical members to analyse and review the risk and safety parameters in the railway system and to suggest systematic safety modifications for strengthening the safety mechanism and submit its report to the court. It claimed that non-implementation of ‘kavach’ system at the earliest has resulted in a massive loss of life and damage of public property which imputes direct liability of gross negligence and breach of duty of care by respondent authorities.