How safety mismanagement, financial crisis & political instability made Railways’ a story foretold

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#cuttheclutter #odishatraintragedy
It is a tragedy indeed, that one of India’s worst-ever train accidents - the Odisha three-train collision - has taken place now, in 2023, a time of cutting-edge tech & high-speed rail travel. While it is true that the number of rail accidents has come down - and that the exact cause of the Odisha accident is yet to be determined - the operations of the Indian Railways have been a subject of some scrutiny. We are talking about worrying CAG findings on derailments, a safety allocation that wasn’t, ballooning debt, and a once-plum job that is as unstable as it has been political. Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains in Ep 1245 of Cut The Clutter.
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@sven_86 Жыл бұрын

print, please consider dedicating a series following every important CAG report as it comes out to analyse it and call out the problems openly here. This will at least put pressure on authorities and also show the deep problems to your audience well ahead of such ticking timebomb problems in important areas of our country.

@chankavai Жыл бұрын

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@chankavai Жыл бұрын

@@sven_86 ppp

@ajaysridharan Жыл бұрын

I’m actually impressed with the level of detail that CAG had gone into in its audit! It is sad that not much action seems to have come from it from the powers that matter. Good presentation by CTC laying out the facts.

@subhajyotiroy789 Жыл бұрын

@siddharthsriram2685 source?

@ThePrintIndia Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Ajay, I'm glad you liked this episode. Yes, the report is a very detailed one. Do keep watching and writing in...best wishes, Shekhar

@sage1476 Жыл бұрын

@Siddharth Sriram And how much electrification did the previous governments do ?

@subhajyotiroy789 Жыл бұрын

@siddharthsriram2685 bro I'm just asking for the source ? chill bro if you do not have any source link dont make up things right.

@krishSundar Жыл бұрын

@@subhajyotiroy789 ask data , become a Godi media .. but get pennies from Gandhis and when questioned …… get the blame for questioning the first family. Ignore the Chanchas bro…😂

@johngosling1 Жыл бұрын

Watching this from Spain, it comes across as one of the best examples of current affairs reporting I have seen for years. In relation to the disaster in Odisha, it puts the other major broadcasters to shame.

@campeador94 Жыл бұрын

May I please know how you came to be interested in Indian current affairs?

@kpkdhar3674 Жыл бұрын

Shekhar Gupta renowned journalist who worked for major news paper and channel, with BJP into power many journalists like him quir their jobs and started KZfaq reporting, because their free and fair journalism was shut. Ravish Kumar, burka dutt, abhisar Sharma many.

@ree888 Жыл бұрын

The pandemic lockdown years were golden opportunities, at least a significant percentage of those two years, to focus on building/correcting/error-proofing infrastructure in the country (actually all countries in the world) With usage down to zero, there was an uninhibited access for the infrastructure teams to do this type of work.

@krunalgode3391 Жыл бұрын

They haven't even developed healthcare infrastructure well after the Pandemic , so expecting them to focus of railways is kind of hopeless

@ankurgoyal6759 Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@navaneeth1087 Жыл бұрын

@@krunalgode3391 Do you know how many medical college UP govt opened after 2017 ?

@krunalgode3391 Жыл бұрын

@@navaneeth1087 kholna alagh baat hai beta

@sumeerrao8582 Жыл бұрын

While there could have been unfrettered access to infrastructure during the pandemic, possibly the money required to develop had to be rerouted to healthcare as well.

@AbhishekKumar-xd1up Жыл бұрын

Approx 8B population travel through train in india every year ( it is almost population of earth) so i think we should appreciate hard work of our railway employees and improve safety more.

@pspsdan Жыл бұрын

Railway must increase fare. In Kolkata suburban railway I can travel 10 km just for Rs. 5/-. This is just ridiculous.

@Vizorfam Жыл бұрын

Are you insane or what

@thethreespikes9737 Жыл бұрын

We have raga kejri promoting freebies

@PrasunRoyPlus Жыл бұрын

Talk to Didi. Freebies is killing a number of states and WB is the forerunner.

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@thethreespikes9737 please protest or be in poverty 🙏

@vasanthpragash854 Жыл бұрын

This is true, railways must increase fares. This will help reduce the cross subsidy and improve safety.

@indrajitsahu5006 Жыл бұрын

Those who are telling how railways is becoming unsafe should know that these last 9 years have seen the lowest number of rail accidents if you consider each decade since independence. It's now more safer than ever. Yes we have a long way to go. Every thing good or bad has a trajectory and rail accident trajectory is going down every passing year. It's just not some magic that can be done right away.

@sivudu69 Жыл бұрын

The statistic on lowest number of rail accidents is meaningless when a calamity of this magnitude happens. The lack of accidents is not due to any improvements this government has made - it's just sheer luck. If you claim that this govt improved the safety of rail systems, the burden of the proof is on you to show what safety systems this govt has instituted and how they have all failed despite best efforts in this accident.

@srivjy9 Жыл бұрын

No excuses and comparison when it comes to Safety of the people. Can you defend the same way if you are your family was in the Coromandel Express? Not enough Funds allotted, mismanagement is the main reason for the accident. Don't defend your favourite Govt. like a Bhakt when such horrible things happened

@KJ-tq3sm Жыл бұрын

Ask the Chinese for help. You need it.

@dukhi_aatma372 Жыл бұрын

Give this argument to the families who lost their loved ones, and see if they are convinced. It's very easy for spectators to come up with a high moral lectures.

@mr_autodidact Жыл бұрын

@@sivudu69 So you're implying that accident numbers coming down in 100s are sheer luck and one accident is the lack of safety measures. ? Have you read what you wrote?

@PrasunRoyPlus Жыл бұрын

Incompetence is the crown of government organizations in India.

@thethreespikes9737 Жыл бұрын

Do u want modi to sit on railway station. This has nothing to do with policy failure. Its just a tragic accident. Stop crying all the time

@critic7408 Жыл бұрын

@@thethreespikes9737 😂. Modiji is already in all railway station inaugurating new trains. Who diverted the fund for Kavach system of railway? Papa is doing great btw.

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@critic7408 can you donate a year money to fund kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari Or Rich government official elites bureaucracy pension from rajasthan Chattisgarh Himachal punjab can fund too Protest against bjp Freebies too

@PrasunRoyPlus Жыл бұрын

Don't take everything as a criticism of Modi. PM doesn't run the day to day of every govt organization. When you are mistreated in SBI Or BSNL, do you blame Modi. Don't be a bhakt. Get some education.

@critic7408 Жыл бұрын

@@duskyrisky1218 what a fantastic logic!

@sankalp6872 Жыл бұрын

LIVES are CHEAP in India. You cannot compare China and India. In our case, the QUADRUPLING of tracks is a DISTANT DREAM. Land acquisition is impossible (as we have too many people free for protests). Forget new land. Railways cannot free their own land from encroachers because "Honorable" courts side with them. No doubt, the Railways are under HEAVY STRAIN. On a positive note, Odisha is a poor state with rich hearts. Kudos to the Odia folks. Perhaps, big cities could learn from Odisha.

@Vizorfam Жыл бұрын

Drop your fake optimism, this is complete failure of hindutva govt and modi should resign

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

Can you donate Freebies to fund quadrupling dream we should ask land reforms too scold opposition if they stop infrastructure land acquisition and 1 year Freebies budget to fund kavach

@motei1853 Жыл бұрын

@@duskyrisky1218 are you complaining about freebies modi is giving ? You know railways budget is central right ??

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@motei1853 central if wasting money can given to fright corridors to much more yes all party should cancel Freebies even from that bjp loose it doesn't matter and build nation infrastructure Education health development college etc

@banditonehundred Жыл бұрын

Fully agree with you. This government has done nothing to improve railways

@AltafJodhra1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Indian Railway's health card. It is a classical example of subcontinental inefficient management story with insufficient funding, misappropriation of allocated money and lack of workforce. Like other departments, we hear a lot on regular basis about railway vacancies announced, candidates shortlisted but process left incomplete because of political considerations. Vote-bank hungry politicians and ministers want their recruitment quota and failing that they put the whole exercise into dust bin, 2 years are lost and we see another recruitment drive announced.

@sanjeevsharma9998 Жыл бұрын

You and me are also part of the same system. Don't comment like CAG.

@AltafJodhra1 Жыл бұрын

@@sanjeevsharma9998 You have defined the difference between you and me beautifully. Thank you!

@gautam6405 Жыл бұрын

Total employees in Chinese railway( 3 Rd largest railway) - 3 lakh Total employees in Indian railways ( 4 th largest railway) 14 lakh Still according to people Indian railway has workforce shortage. Like guys all we have lazy and corrupt slothes in Indian railways we have experienced them first hand.

@sandyqbg Жыл бұрын

@@gautam6405 That comparison doesn't even make sense. Firstly, the Chinese railways organization is differently structured and a bunch of things that is part of the Indian railways is done through partners or subsidiaries whose employee counts don't show up in the official counts. Secondly, the Chinese railways has significantly greater automation and therefore requires less people to run it. We have corruption in our systems but there's so much more to the ground reality. Your overall statement is a reflection of nothing but a babu mentality.

@AltafJodhra1 Жыл бұрын

@@gautam6405 The report has given details of 'skilled job' vacancies and technical posts. National enterprises are overloaded with very low scale employees by politicians but the operational key sections of the system remain under-staffed.

@indermohansinghmalhotra3730 Жыл бұрын

Well done, sir! This is a fine & extremely well rounded report/analysis/comment. The CAG is a great institution, performing a very important national service!

@janakiseetha Жыл бұрын

The same SG debunked CAG report on 2G Scam a Nd their loss fig of Rs 1,.76 laks crores was Ridiculed even now by SG wen he glorify CAG for this report. That's partiality at its best

@clementsamuel8362 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for exposing the lacunae existing in the present system and also the authorities who are directly responsible for this huge and unfortunate tragedy ! The government must sit up and take notice !!!

@PMPatel-np5jq Жыл бұрын

By far the best detailed, analytical account on the railway mess. So full of micro relevant facts of lapses and misses. Indeed criminal negligence. Where did the allocated fund for safety go? Robin Hoodian flipflop, reckless governance!!! Last decade of national governance is truly disruptive. Total mess. Well done journalistic job.

@AnilKumar-bk1yd Жыл бұрын

Highways are being upgraded because one of the reasons is that one can collect hefty tolls. On railways, one can not do.

@bhattpaddy Жыл бұрын

Shekhar Gupta is the only journalist who is doing journalism these days. Kudos sir!

@user-hb7lc1jw1h Жыл бұрын

That’s a laugh 😅

@cannon_man5525 Жыл бұрын

In February 2023, the principal chief operating manager of South Western Railway zone had written to the authorities after the Yesvantpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Sampark Kranti Express narrowly escaped a collision. He had warned Railways that there would be derailments if the glitches in the signalling system remain unfixed. A December 2022 report on derailments by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, warned that lack of adequate staffing in the safety department, by the Indian Railways, would impact the quality of maintenance. The report also stated Railway safety funds fell short of their target every year, for the last four years. The report contradicts the claims by Indian Railways which stated that the accident is not a reflection of deeper safety issues in the system.[36][37][38]

@lathabalakrishnan3751 Жыл бұрын

Excellent summary of the decades of poor and realistic record of the railways! Thank you, Shekar 🙏

@arjunr1061 Жыл бұрын

Feeling the quality of graphics and visual ques have been improved very much over last year. Kudos to the team. Quality over quantity is appreciated

@Vizorfam Жыл бұрын

Who cares about graphic people are dead here

@sauravsuresh Жыл бұрын

Yes, it has improved a lot

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@sauravsuresh please donate Freebies budget of 1 year fund kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari humanity 🙏

@skj4210 Жыл бұрын

*******The Train accident in Balasor might be an intentional one to turn the attention of people away from the Ethnic cleansing continuing in Manipur. Remember, 40 Jevans were sacrificed in Pulvama to win a general election. CDS Gen. Bipin Rawat died in a helicopter accident after the Pulwama attack.****

@sankalp6872 Жыл бұрын

When the seed is faulty, the plant cannot be expected to bear fruits. Ashwini Vaishnaw is a good man with the right skills. He should NOT be made the scapegoat. "43% of the ticket price is borne by the taxpayer" sums up the plight of Railways. Even if one were to treat this as a welfare necessity, we are all witnesses to the menace of TICKETLESS TRAVEL. The entire business model NEEDS a REVAMP.

@92sathish Жыл бұрын

Okay what the change he did so far other than inauguration

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@92sathish please donate Freebies fund of 1 year 🙏 to save lives it can cover from kashmir to Kanyakumari begging you humanity 🙏

@arunsar7893 Жыл бұрын

@@92sathish In Railways or IT or Semiconductors? .. Cause in each of those, his contributions are substantial. Stop asking stupid rhetorical question and read a little to find out what he has done.

@sankalp6872 Жыл бұрын

@@arunsar7893 No point in telling him. The fact he is asking such a question tells you that he has already decided. For them, Modi is a demon, and everyone voting for him is a "Bhakt". Such immature people are not worthy of any discussion.

@user-qz4vm8ye4s Жыл бұрын

Shut up Bjp sucker. Same bjp would baying blood of someone else

@optimusprime3389 Жыл бұрын

Delhi Mumbai via Agra Bhopal is the busiest route in the country and even here railway is working on a 3rd track and work is progressing very slowly bcoz of encroachment and lack of space available

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

Please protest against all party Freebies

@ashutoshanand1573 Жыл бұрын

same for Delhi Kolkata route passing Bihar

@skj4210 Жыл бұрын

@anupamjain3152 Жыл бұрын

SG, Couple of points (From an Engg stand-point) - Systems, and processes can be made fool-proof, but not idiot-proof i.e. Almost all systems/processes can be broken due to negligence and/or incompetence! - Lowered probabilities (of accidents) do not make zero probability of events - Generally speaking, when accident probabilities are eliminated massively, it raises confidence in system, laying the foundations of catastrophic black-swan events! Also, because of this, these low probability events turn out to be high impact/damage events - Black-swan events do happen, and sadly, will continue to happen - Lastly, like most places in world, keeping the lights on and everything running is just not given importance, and is considered un-glamorous! This again is laying the foundation of heightening risk of accidents

@skj4210 Жыл бұрын

@rkskr4466 Жыл бұрын

Black swan event? Go tell that to the family of people who lost their loved black swan events it seems.

@kaustubhshukla6462 Жыл бұрын

Seriously Black Swan event ? You are talking as if Indian Railways are the most efficient in the world and this event is once in a bluemoon event. This cut the clutter is exactly telling that Indian Railways is financially ram bharose and whatever trickle down effects that entails. Your whole comment is entirely based on that marvellous efficiency of Indian Railways which as data shows is so financially mishandled. Bhakt bano andhbhakt mat bano.

@rkskr4466 Жыл бұрын

You are right fool proof doesn't mean idiot proof but the question is who is the idiot here... negligent staff or negligent administration who employ these negligent staff or the politicians who control the negligent administration? The answer is all of the above. When one can beat his chest about the slim achievements they never show accountability for the mis management at large that's the problem.

@kaustubhshukla6462 Жыл бұрын

I am an engineer too, and your comment that efficient systems lead to complacencies is entirely false. There is always Standard Operating procedures that need to be followed like gospel which ensures that there are no incidents like this. The fact that the car that essentially checks the integrity of the railway tracks is under-utilised shows how many trains on how many tracks are running without any assurance of structural integrity?

@skbandi7782 Жыл бұрын

We Indians have chalta hai attitude to rules & regulations & also matters of safety & security, be it on road crossing , railway gate crossing, platform jumping , driving on roads, safety belt or factory work, like Swatch Bharat we need a big awareness campaign,

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

Freebies of any government is sad it's poverty trap forever when you are unemployed if you keep on Freebies your children will have same fate 😢 India will always be poor Little development in less population states Gujarat maharashtra tamil Nadu only manufacturing state Infrastructure too cheaper electricity...... Government official elites corrupt bureaucracy pension in 4 states Projest against Freebies of bjp not infrastructure.

@Vizorfam Жыл бұрын

Shut up people need freebies this is a country where people still don't get food to eat

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

If you want kavach please rise voice against Freebies please donate Freebies of 1 year budget to fund kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari

@motei1853 Жыл бұрын

@@duskyrisky1218 ask modi to first stop Adani Kalyan Yojana. there will enough money for Kavach

@skj4210 Жыл бұрын

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@motei1853 pm Rahul gandhi will put adani behind bars take all his assets for sure wait nationalise it and crash our stock 3.3 trillion dollars so what. 😅 Give pension to government official elites remove reforms of pension completely Give apl 10kg 140 crore rice Free 200 units electricity Free train travel free bus for women Gives 80 crore women 2000 rs free good all from infrastructure Education health development college funds

@surendrabarsode8959 Жыл бұрын

1. The CAG Report is quite impressive. One question is - What is the role of Railway Board and who is primarily responsible for safety? We can always find fault with the Railway Minister ( as particularly he is Vaishnav and this is Modi Govt!) but why is that heads are not rolled for failures in so many years? either the lowest man on the ground is found guilty or the Minister at the top. 2. Vaishnav is doing great work and he must continue this term and the next as well! But he must have someone focus on safety. 3. comparisons with China are fine but we will take time catch up. Btu we are on track. that is for sure!! 4. We need to find out quickly the sabotage angle in the incident and focus on start ups with new technologies for track safety.

@krishnapillai2595 Жыл бұрын

A very good and exhaustive summary of the important issues related to railway safety.

@infinitejourney... Жыл бұрын

Covers everything Using CAG reports is really great idea. I hope The Print comes out with a series discussing CAG reports. Can you please also share politics within railways ? I heard that they have strongest unions in India. Also there were news about changes in administration system of railways Did those reforms start? In progress? Complete?

@sven_86 Жыл бұрын

i just wrote pretty much same thing in their pinned comment at top, hope you post underneath there too buddy. Yes we need a CAG series, and print can really do a good job on it.

@skj4210 Жыл бұрын

@janakiseetha Жыл бұрын

The same Print and SG ridiculed CAG and Vinod Rai for their report on 2G Scam.

@kaustubh14jr Жыл бұрын

One of the important points is that during the UPA rule the passenger fares were never raised. This was offset by raising the freight rates. It came to a point where railways freight rates were higher than road rates. This was just ridiculous nowhere in the world rail is more expensive than road. This has two effects it destroys the economy of states which are away from ports. It is not hard to imagine why UP and Bihar are under developed. Since most of the trade goes via the west coast towards Europe and US states like west Bengal also suffer. Goods made in these states will not be cost effect. Secondly, it also destroyed the economics of the railways. As the amount of debt suggest there is no money for cap ex. People should really consider for a few cheap tickets we are destroying the railways.

@jaideepc786 Жыл бұрын

very interesting statistics shared... And then we talk of great economists & planners then ruling the country like MMS, Montek & Raghuram Rajan. 😅

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@jaideepc786 Freebies of Free everything is hurting us in karnataka Men bus fare increase Electricity if we use 1 unit more pay double Minimum increased Commercial electricity unit + Minimum increase for msme + IT + industry Land tax increase real estate down For Farmers milk 🥛-2 / Ltrs Infrastructure all airport roads flyovers metro etc etc all stopped job loss 📉 👍 People getting angry. This is trailer. Full Pitcher waiting 😊

@kaustubh14jr Жыл бұрын

@Siddharth Sriram useless facts nothing to do with how to use the railway productively. Mamta and Lalu yadav cut several percentage points of GDP growth by bad policies. India has one of the highest logistics costs in the world which makes very hard make exports competitive.

@kaustubh14jr Жыл бұрын

@Siddharth Sriram Would not have prevented this accident. Secondly why didn't UPA finish install the system?. Can you name one major infrastructure project completed by the UPA?. Again stop giving useless facts. UPA was a disaster to the economy.

@kaustubh14jr Жыл бұрын

@Siddharth Sriram You are stupid beyond belief. When you consider statistics you also consider the context. 2003-2008 is probably the Era of hyper globalization and easy money, of course growth is going to come. The context being we ere growing slower than many countries. After the GFC UPA presented an expansionary budget and "phone loan schemes" which caused the mess in banking sector. Not to mention the inflation which was double digit. India was named the fragile 5. Modi was handed a terrible economy. Also since 2016 the Era of hyper globalization is over. NDA has had to handle de leveraging in the banking and corporate sector. There is a paper by Gita Gopinath of the IMF which analyzes why growth slowed. The banking problems created by the UPA was the main culprit. The GST and the demonitization did not affect growth the paper explains the reasons. Even if the growth was slow India still grew faster than other countries. It handled the debt issues created by GFC much better. I strongly suggest you read that paper. I do have a PhD in economics. I know who is living in the bubble. Private investment is picking up over last three quarters. Banking sector is in a good shape to lend. This is why the last quarter growth jumped. You can't name a big infrastructure project by UPA because they did not complete any.

@abani8177 Жыл бұрын

Hey Shekhar! Great analysis in showing us some of the neglected aspects of rail safety. However, since all kinds have reduced significantly, it begs the question, what is being done right by the authorities? I guess some answers to that would have made this episode more comprehensive.

@d.dcosta8771 Жыл бұрын

@siddharthsriram2685 👍👏👏

@RahulYadav-fs3ue Жыл бұрын

Shekar gupta is a anti national bro...y people are supporting him?....he was the culprit in dismamantking the TSD

@RahulYadav-fs3ue Жыл бұрын

Shekar gupta is a anti national bro...y people are supporting him?....he was the culprit in dismamantking the TSD

@sivasakthisaravanan4850 Жыл бұрын

I like it.... when as the concluding comment he said the name of Suresh Prabhu in the same breath as Lal Bahadur Shastri : )

@rishiraaj.580 Жыл бұрын

Very Sad Incident. Hope this doesn't repeat in future. 😕

@skj4210 Жыл бұрын

@valeriexoxo Жыл бұрын

Why are some other channels suggesting it could have been sabotage and not an accident?

@kbmehta4208 Жыл бұрын

Good analysis and dig into history as well current railway finances. The way Railway or for that matter any ministry has been handled by our governments speaks volumes of our politics. It also reflects on us, the people. We get what we deserve. Fortunately, people are getting better informed, thus going into future we must rise above caste, creed, region & religion while voting and demand good governance. Agree, resignations have been and are only a political statement to fol the voters, unless the Minister becomes a sadhu to atone his sins or incompetence, whatever you may like to call it. Therefore, demand for resignations too is a political weapon. But, then in democracies how can you hope not to see such shenanigans. Xxx

@easypeasyenglish1331 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this clear report.

@kirandeepchakraborty7921 Жыл бұрын

It's very important that we have these conversations. In the days of Vande Bharat and Bullet Trains, the underlying picture is not pleasant.

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

Please donate Freebies of a year to fund kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari .

@Subh8081 Жыл бұрын

@@duskyrisky1218 Nice try. If you are getting freebies from Modi, please give up. Railways is Centre funded.

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@Subh8081 I will give up why Freebies of state fund can be cut railway increased too bjp shit congress shittest aap shiiiiiit too tmc all shittttt OK 👍 protest against Freebies or get your and future children poverty.

@Edward4Plantagenet Жыл бұрын

More votes to Begum Momata Bano

@coconutpunch123 Жыл бұрын

@@duskyrisky1218 freebies for adani and amabi is ok for chaddis

@GururajBN Жыл бұрын

You are right about the silly demands for resignation. It becomes escapism. Instead of staying at the station and managing the crisis, he is given an easy exit. Someone else has to clean up the mess. Not at all a good idea. Besides, Ashwin Vaishnav is a knowledgeable and competent minister and is himself an engineer. Right now, he is the best qualified person for the job of railway minister.

@nitinlall1968 Жыл бұрын

Shekhar, you miss an important point. The numbers came down because during Covid, hardly any trains were moving for a substantial period of time. Only select trains started. And it was after two years that things returned to what they were, pre-pandemic. So the data of accidents or derailments are not comparable through the years….

@Splash-nr8ot Жыл бұрын

Now they're trying to find the fall guy, but they're all to blame.

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

Please donate Freebies of a year to fund kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari

@rhushsnr Жыл бұрын

Whether you are hindu or Muslim sikh they help in name of humanity, I appreciate all the locals and administrative relief department for their work and humanitarian relief❤

@sundaracholan2225 Жыл бұрын

It is not Muslim but Darul Islam

@drnishantranjan7277 Жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis

@abhilashnaik5242 Жыл бұрын

I have been waiting for this episode eagerly!!!

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

Please donate Freebies money of year to fund kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari in 2 yrs it may complete

@libshastra Жыл бұрын

Those who claim Railways should focus on safety are missing the point. It's making the same argument as "We are a poor nation, we should stop funding ISRO or building Nuclear plants." Railways should be able to invest, prioritize better facilities, faster trains etc while still retaining it's core competency, i.e. safety. To claim it is distracting just shows how lazy and unproductive Railway babus are.

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

Please donate Freebies a year money to fund kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari

@libshastra Жыл бұрын

@@duskyrisky1218 Please give up on your freebies.

@sidy6526 Жыл бұрын

Exactly, people are dumb in india for a reason 🤷

@lohitroy5938 Жыл бұрын

I really don't think those two things are comparable, safety must be the top priority of public transport. Whether we have limited resources or not has nothing to do with the issue.

@libshastra Жыл бұрын

@@lohitroy5938 safety is not a priority, it’s core competency. You need to get it right despite other things.

@nanunane1 Жыл бұрын

Every good analysis..!!! Kudos to all the team who are working behind to pull all the data.. one sad state of country after couple year, as well the reports will show same issue… it’s just that as Indian well are surrounded so much daily small problems and we feel bad (by heart, than only we have people giving blood) but will forget and start fight daily issue of (rioti, kappa and Makhan)….

@rohiniaggarawal4429 Жыл бұрын

The maintenance issues of the railways are chronic....as it has been neglected for many decades...now for last few years some reforms are visible.....the politics around the accident will only disturb the growth of railways...

@motei1853 Жыл бұрын

watch the episode instead of blabbering out

@mmcooe Жыл бұрын

Hope that the Railways performs this kind of a deep analysis and focuses on improving safety of the system rather than placing blame on individuals.

@motei1853 Жыл бұрын

Bring railway budget back. At least we know what the hell is happening. Railways is our lifeline and we have no clue how the health is. Its crime on how funds are siphoned off

@Brick2 Жыл бұрын

If the minister did not focus on allocating funds towards safety, he should resign. That would e willful negligence.

@2010anilshukla Жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis! 👍👏

@user-urdaddy Жыл бұрын

Ashwini Vaishnaw is among the best leaders in India. Hope this incident doesn't do any permanent damage to his political career. I would want him to rise through the ranks and become a PM candidate

@iceman1125 Жыл бұрын

yeah so sad train launch and green flag activity isn't given to him

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@iceman1125 if your taking Freebies please can you donate it 1 year Freebies to fund kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari with maintaince cost

@iceman1125 Жыл бұрын

@@duskyrisky1218 no my money should only go to adani and other crooks for their betterment. did you purchase his stocks for bharat nirman? I am sure you can save some for your boss

@yugojyotimuna2383 Жыл бұрын

He is murdered must resign. Stop bootlicking

@AzimHazeez-jj3qi Жыл бұрын

Bs : when will bjp ever account for something? Cowards 9 years all you can pin point at a fault is congress and Pakistan

@ankushchoudhary4627 Жыл бұрын

For all the show and pomp the government does nothing.

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

Can you donate a year money to fund kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari Rajasthan Himachal pradesh Chattisgarh punjab funds pension in infrastructure to rich bureaucracy

@Edward4Plantagenet Жыл бұрын

Said an aand bhakt of Pappu opposition

@PradeepSNair Жыл бұрын

Very good insights. I hope though that journalists use the CAG or any such reports and do such CTC earlier than after the fact. The responsibility of journalism is there to pressurise government to making change by spreading this awareness among the masses. As a lesson from this, can we expect CTC on similar such initiatives around health (food, water, environment) or other modes of transport (road, air)

@mg.f.9023 Жыл бұрын

MAIN STREAM MEDIA never discusses these REPORTS that show negligence & shortfalls?

@pna5683 Жыл бұрын

Do you even see main stream reports

@elliotalderson2007 Жыл бұрын

you mean godi media

@mg.f.9023 Жыл бұрын

@@pna5683 When ever I see Main Stream Media they are busy having Hindu-Muslim arguments.

@udayandutta3121 Жыл бұрын

Kudos. Such an elaborate fact findings.

@harshvasani9661 Жыл бұрын

PRIVATISE RAILWAYS!

@pushpalathatulsiram6065 Жыл бұрын

Positive journalism Why railways should not toy with the idea of quadrupling railway tracks throughout India to meet the needs of ever-growing rail traffic

@kartiksharma7674 Жыл бұрын

Isn't it true this report could not be tabled & discussed in the relevant standing parliamentary committee during the Lok Sabha session because the members of the opposition had boycotted that session and that session?

@twinblades123 Жыл бұрын

have seen enough Tom and Jerry to know what Swiss cheese looks like🤣

@bodigavikas576 Жыл бұрын

One stop article for THIS TOPIC GREAT SG sir

@praveenkumarce Жыл бұрын

Such a nice closure to episode. That's what makes CTC so special

@bimalkumbhar12 Жыл бұрын

Resignation is not the solution, instead work hard in field and show your dedication towards the field you have given.

@venkatramkrishnan4660 Жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis and input. Super.

@indrajeetkamat6138 Жыл бұрын

I see two things which should be done: 1. Safety first mindset - not just the railways. Overall in India. Roads, Rails, Air, Waterways... Everything should be safety first. Uncompromising. 2. Privatise the railways. Theres a lot of legacy that needs to be shed. Lot of babudom from British era. Taxpayer should not be subsidizing or paying for it.

@ghabcdef Жыл бұрын

These are contradictory. You think privatization would result in better safety? Take a look at the rail system in the US for an illustrative counterexample. Railways, especially in a country like India should be run as a public service. Now perhaps the fares can be raised somewhat, but privatization would result in a system where the overall profit margins of the owners would be optimized. For example if the owner also has a stake in auto manufacturing or airplanes, s/he may decide to cut back on train routes in order to drive up demand for cars or planes. Both of these have happened and are continuing to happen in the USA. And safety... what a joke! Take a look at the derailments happening in the US where thousands of gallons of really beastly chemicals were spilled on to public lands/drinking water with no accountability whatsoever... the `VP responsible' takes early retirement, that is all.

@yomamasohot6411 Жыл бұрын

Privatise? You people will kill the poor and build your country on top of these pile of bodies if it means you can pretend to be as develop as the West. Fuck the poor, am i right?

@indrajeetkamat6138 Жыл бұрын

@@ghabcdef how easily you've picked US where hardly anyone takes the Amtrak. It's a transport economy purely based on the car. You want to choose, choose Germany. France, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland. If you've experienced those passenger trains you'd know. Privatising will bring in market forces and efficiency. And stop the nonsense of British era politics. What Indian railways need is professional management. And market pricing. They should be able to fund and sustain themselves profitably. Without subsidies and sops from Govt. Without political parties using Railways as means for votes, for favours, for postings. Unfortunately that is what has lead to the current state. And consumers, we should be willing to pay more for better service AND better safety. You can't have the best and have it for free.

@prasannask8320 Жыл бұрын

i recollect that i had read it somewhere that the eastern corridor is being used at 110% the ideal capacity and infrastructure is straining under the load of handling so many trains.

@santoshchannappa5850 Жыл бұрын

Do not agree with many things - 1. India has built many new tracks in last 9 years. Infact goods trains is getting separated thru EDFC and WDFC. This alone constitutes 9,000 kms of new tracks! India has nearly increased 50% of railways network in just 9 years. Note that railways network was also built during British era! Also, electrification of railway tracks is 90+% which is 2nd highest in the world and most done in last 9 years only! 2. 2020-2021 and 2022 was COVID year so utilization of funds may not be done properly 3. Many incidents and attacks on trains by culprits are happening but you have skipped it completely 4. This is not the biggest train crash of india, but is 4th. How can you override official figures and assume your own data? 5. There is a massive work going on to introduce automated security technology using kavach and few others which till now was not done by any previous govt 6. The railways revenue and earnings are rapidly increasing and will quadruple in next 2 years due to dedicated freight corridor. The railways earned Rs 63,300 crore in FY23 as compared to Rs 39,214 crore in FY22. A whooping 61% increase compared to previous year! 7. You talked about golden quadrilateral taking majority of traffic in India. With only 5 years of their ruling Vajapayeeji and BJP govt created this backbone for India. He also initiated Delhi metro with 35 kms completed before new govt came in along with many others!

@aileshdupate9153 Жыл бұрын

Sir 1st the year which received lowest amount is 19-20 that means from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020. And covid lockdown began on 23rd march 2020 so I don’t know how badly you are supporting the government. 2nd in the covid period 1000Cr was given and utilised. So I don’t think you argument stands anywhere near that because of covid No spending 😅

@aileshdupate9153 Жыл бұрын

Your Second argument is Many incidents and attacks happening on trains, isn’t it the CRPF job to make travel safer? Isn’t the funds are allocated? Also several complaints were made about electronic failure, there should have been a check to the problem.

@nagbalkur1365 Жыл бұрын

1) we really do NOT know what happened here. It's premature to conclude anything until final report is available. 2) Indians do NOT take safety seriously. In 1990s' even in flights, I had seen, air hostess, having to repeatedly request passengers (mostly Indians) to sit on seat, wearing seat belt as passengers do NOT listen to instructions. There is a tendency among Indians to think that rules apply to others, NOT to them. there is no use blaming anyone else. if things go bad, they try to find someone to blame 3) Voters NEVER vote for Safety. Voters vote for "Freebies", new Trains. that's it. Politicians do things for votes. again, voters to blame 4) It's politics. A bridge collapsed in Bihar second time. No one is talking about it or worried. Why ? Politics is the reason again.

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

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@NarendraKumar-hq5bv Жыл бұрын

Superb factual presentation of the "real world of railways". Thank you. There is really NO solution. The full facts themselves point that out. No solution to govt spending. Truth is govt has no business in business. Politics is about money. Our politicians have hit rock bottom. Zero vision.. Actually politics is about values and vision. Nobody cares anymore. BTW this is a common topic in economics.. That is why I spoke against Chinic Model of doing business. It is worse then soviet capitalism. I state again that RSS--BJP ideology is suited to mega infarsrructures mega business plans...etc. To have control. Show. We DO not need. We need full privarisation. Modi is not right wing. At all. It is a China--Saudic kind of political economy.. Note how they interfere with everything and use force. Demonetisation . GST. All infra given to Adani!! It is BS.. It is as if my family has to be taken care of by govt.. Please check Milton Friedman's --videos on failure of govt welfarism. Even good intents are no good. Here it is all evil. Not even just bad. The ideology IS evil. We won't get that also. Now, they are talking about somebody tampering. All lies. Privatise everything. Remove power from govt. Preserve rights. Respect human lives, not nation, identity. This will happen. But reality reaches. Karma....

@sudhakarshah8292 Жыл бұрын

Very good analysis👍

@jw8752 Жыл бұрын

To the layman this railway tragedy looks a straightforward signalling mixup. The train that was supposed to travel straight actually was made to deviate in to another line and thus causing the sad accident. The how and why of it has to be found out and ‘hopefully’ published. Suddenly finding fault with the whole set up is not right, when there is a real effort to really improve matters. Indian Railway is one big unwieldy behemoth, all will agree.

@pjagadishsreenath2603 Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@chandrakanthveluri9860 Жыл бұрын

Read The Hindu story on this problem.

@sharathchandra3799 Жыл бұрын

@@chandrakanthveluri9860 the Hindu always reports the grave side of the picture, always presents with a perfectionist mind set... Practicality is never considered.... Pre colonial judgement and libral eye. Try to see both sides of the coin.

@sreenathgopinathan4002 Жыл бұрын

Anyways there’s the CBI investigation Better to wait and watch

@ThePrintIndia Жыл бұрын

That's a very nuanced approach to this tragedy, and I appreciate your writing in. Thank you for watching and for your support...best wishes, Shekhar

@VikasLohia Жыл бұрын

Wait, 38% of railway coaches HAVE fire extinguishers? Wow, that's huge. I've never seen in one ever.

@AnilKumar-bk1yd Жыл бұрын

Fire extinguishers problem, one of the reasons is Safe keeping and securing them in such a way that they are not stolen. But if it is secured and kept safely then one can not easily take them out and use it during emergencies. It's a very Indian problem.

@shabarinathrao Жыл бұрын

Very informative

@vj12343 Жыл бұрын

Instead of jumping on twitter and KZfaq to write fiery replies to any Chinese or foreigner that criticizes India, we must take a hard look at our infrastructure. 11 collisions in the time frame SG mentions is appalling, on what planet does that give room for complacency. Complacency should never be a thing when it comes to safety. Failure is not an option. Who the hell audits railways, what is the minimum acceptable safety criteria?

@vijerathnebanda8116 Жыл бұрын

Heart aches. From Sri Lanka

@paulheydarian1281 Жыл бұрын

How many deadly train accidents are there each year in India? It sounds like Indians really needs to focus on improving and upgrading their Infrastructure.

@SanjayGupta-nt9vn Жыл бұрын

Obsolete technologies shows negligence. Acha Din sirf Gujarath mae bullet train 🚅 sirf Gujarath to Maharashtra. No investments for safety...🤦🏾‍♂️

@vikashbaid526 Жыл бұрын

Fire extinguishers if put will be stolen....toilet mugs are chained , how do you expect the fire extinguishers to be there

@sundareshanal1849 Жыл бұрын

The Print should arrange detailed debate involving the Railway Minister ex-Board officials. Also the effort in .the last one decade should be highlighted. It is a no brainer that the govt has prioritized Railways way more than what was done before. The WDFC was set back by political caprice by ensuring that things were delayed. There is not one credible media expose on that. There is much wrong but there is also the impossible conditions under which the officials operate. We need a contextualised approach.

@mavleashutosh Жыл бұрын

People will steal fire extinguisher. Even steel mug in the toilet is chained

@mg.f.9023 Жыл бұрын

With no SAFETY CULTURE at all! Zero ZIP! how can we call our selves a Vishvaguru?

@Vizorfam Жыл бұрын

Not even in next 100 years this country can be anywhere near that

@arjavgarg5801 Жыл бұрын

Clown to clown both of you in this entire comment section

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@Vizorfam true pm Rahul gandhi 2024 will give 200 units free electricity enjoy be happy.

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@Vizorfam 200 unit free electricity scheme fund can be used for kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari only 1 year fund of 4 state Delhi punjab karnataka rajasthan please 🙏 😢i beg you to donate for lives sake please 🙏 please 🙏

@thirdperson4705 Жыл бұрын

Clown of The Print's comment section.

@maheshg3683 Жыл бұрын

This should be an eye opener for the people who got overexcited by Vande Bharat PR which actually going to cover less than 3% of overall rolling stock by 2025 and even those will be struggling to utilize to capacity due to inadequate infrastructure to run them properly. Many experts including retried officials came out with realities in front of people, who were hopeful of a soon turnaround of miserable travel. Vision of railway should be in the priority of people first, funding and focus will come automatically. We, as the most populous country in the planet , cannot afford flight or car travel to take over instead of railways for long distance travel.

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

Please donate Freebies of a year to fund kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari and maintaince too

@rajx7120 Жыл бұрын

Vande Bharat is one of the few profit-making ventures, for railways.

@maheshg3683 Жыл бұрын

@@rajx7120 Vande Bharat is good, but that alone is not solving our railway needs for 97% travellers

@AshokKumar-ic2lb Жыл бұрын

One survivor in odisha told media that....train derailed and his bogey started moving right into the gravels ....then it hit the goods train. It means that the pilot was cruising with 128km on the main line....somehow it entered into loop line... for which the train locopilot was not prepared and speed was very high...so it got derailed at first , then hit the hoods train

@ojasyadav9020 Жыл бұрын

When was last time fare increased?

@anishshaw9631 Жыл бұрын

Great analysis Shekhar Ji. Indian Railway Never cared for safety of passengers, CAG report confirms it again. I think Privatization of railway is the answer.

@poo-tinthedwarfbunkerb1tch535 Жыл бұрын

Lmao and you seriously think corporates will care about the safety of passengers? What a joke..

@sreenathgopinathan4002 Жыл бұрын

Railways is like Defence In India, cannot be privatised Mushkil Nahin namumkin hai

@shivamPandey-ku5eu Жыл бұрын

Commenting for better reach 😞

@mithileshkumar-rt4yt Жыл бұрын

Railways should hike fare of passanger tains.

@pallabsamanta3884 Жыл бұрын

Wait till the end of the decade

@TheArb6 Жыл бұрын

Vishwaguru mindset

@bachelorroomshorts393 Жыл бұрын

After covid many passenger train are converted to express trains which have same number of stoppages before covid but the ticket price is doubled That's why revenue has gone up Sad part is the trains that are converted to express trains are running at an average speed of 20 to 25 kmph only Worst thing happening in railways

@kabirbahri Жыл бұрын

Human life has the last priority in India. Safety always takes a back seat. Its a mindset. You may want to have SOPs but if the mind set is flawed nothing can happen.

@Edward4Plantagenet Жыл бұрын

Please enlighten us 🙏🏻

@finfet9828 Жыл бұрын

Run train at 60 km per hour you will see people killing each other

@chinindru Жыл бұрын

We must have a technically efficient independent Rail Minister

@pardeeptandon Жыл бұрын

Today the railway pays more as pension than as salaries. ( Kindly Check )

@Sailed_away Жыл бұрын

The same case will be for the armed forces in a few years.

@pardeeptandon Жыл бұрын

@@Sailed_away: True, we should curtail soldier recruitment. And start recruiting IT professionals and Scientists in our army. Future wars will be fought from A/c offices.

@finfet9828 Жыл бұрын

People who are commenting on stopping vande bharat or high speed railways - the reason you need to increase speed is reduce conjestion either increase speed or increase the no of lines

@amarsrivastava3790 Жыл бұрын

So what our Railway minister is so learned we should bow down to him 😂

@Edward4Plantagenet Жыл бұрын

Just like you Iicked Economist PM MMS and Economist governor's A$S with 15% Inflation 😱, So much corruption.

@PeacefulSecularGuy Жыл бұрын

Indian railway needs same treatment as AirIndia got Unfortunately due to national interest can’t fully But partly asap !!!

@Vizorfam Жыл бұрын

No they only need minister who can run it well

@PeacefulSecularGuy Жыл бұрын

@@Vizorfam Didi is best when she was railway minister no accidents happened right?? She came running to save whom It’s was on Friday 😢 She knows who did it ? And wanted to save them Will not surprise if peaceful involved!!

@duskyrisky1218 Жыл бұрын

@@PeacefulSecularGuy fund kavach from kashmir to Kanyakumari and maintaince too from a year Freebies money please donate 🙏

@PeacefulSecularGuy Жыл бұрын

@@duskyrisky1218 Free electricity free water free bus ticket 1+1 Daru Is our fundamental right!

@PeacefulSecularGuy Жыл бұрын

@@duskyrisky1218 how much money it will take? And will it help in such cases? Should we not make passage train profitable still a business is profitable who cares ! Nathing is free !!

@prempalsharma7 Жыл бұрын

Best

@ashutoshanand1573 Жыл бұрын

Om Shanti to all deceased and may Shri Hari heal those injured very soon

@sunilshegdeable Жыл бұрын

Thank you to all the people, army, and Odisha people for coming together and supporting the rescue and restoration operation. This HUMANITY at its BEST 🙏

@Likit257 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR THE NDRF AND THE CENTRAL GOVT

@jackjoo2604 Жыл бұрын

The leval of corruption has been raised from my childhood & now every citizen are playing the price for it , if we don't change we cannot expect anything good to happen ,

@navaneeth1087 Жыл бұрын

You failed to point out that CAPEX to railway have actually increased with current railway budget around 2.4 lakh crore.

@sujeetshankar Жыл бұрын

Dedicated Freight Corridor ka naam lagta hai aapne nhi suna. Karya kafi tezi se ho rha hai. Lekin Tracks Quadruple ho jaye to aur bhi badhiya hai. Lekin adhura gyan nhi batna chahiye

@narasimharao9492 Жыл бұрын

We can dig into all the CAG reports to figure out the shortcomings.. if the traffic has increased then it begs the question why capacity is not increased. Take DFC for example. It was conceived in 2006 but work started on ground around 2015. Once after DFC is complete then they can plan similar thing in rest of India. But if basic facilities are not being provided, it is time to seriously consider and improve it. Lets stop introducing newer trains and focus on safety aspects. But if this accident turns out to be a human error and if it was deliberate then it is a totally different issue.