East Coast Railway plans measures to reduce deaths on tracks
Several deaths are being reported and many are getting injured after falling down from running trains and dashing with trains besides suicides and run over cases.
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The ECoR had recorded 2.8 pc decrease in deaths on track in 2019 as compared to 2018. (Express Illustrations) By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has geared up to initiate measures to prevent untoward incidents and deaths on railway tracks at sensitive locations in its three divisions in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
Trespassing is the prime contributory factor to unusual incidents leading to deaths. Several deaths are being reported and many are getting injured after falling down from running trains and dashing with trains besides suicides and run over cases.
As many as 1,265 people have been killed in five years after trespassing into railway lines.
A total of 4,380 people have lost their lives due to different reasons in the ECoR area during the last five years.
Apart from this, many death cases have been reported after falling down from running train and dashing with trains, falling into platform gap, suicide knock down and being run over.
As many as 546 people have been killed after falling from trains between 2016 and October 2020.
Around 50 people have lost their lives after hitting poles during this time period.
A total of 25 people were killed after falling into gaps between trains and platforms in the last five years.