The Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) investigators suspect the bypass was done by railway workers to get around signalling hurdles that arose from a malfunctioning barrier used to stop road traffic at a nearby rail-road intersection, two of the three sources said.
It’s been five days since the Odisha train tragedy and families are still waiting for the bodies of their loved ones to be handed over to them. The injuries have made it difficult to identify victims with many claimants for one corpse. Authorities are conducting DNA tests to avoid a mix-up
The op-ed, published for Chinese state mouthpiece, Global Times, has said that the Indian railway network was once a source of pride for the British empire and was considered a significant asset in 1947.