{"id":60663,"date":"2025-04-02T09:28:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=60663"},"modified":"2025-04-02T09:29:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:29:51","slug":"railway-safety-at-an-all-time-high-accidents-drop-drastically-to-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/railway-safety-at-an-all-time-high-accidents-drop-drastically-to-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Railway Safety at an All-Time High: Accidents Drop Drastically to 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"289\">Railway Minister <strong data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"121\">Ashwini Vaishnaw<\/strong> on Wednesday announced a <strong data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"191\">remarkable improvement in railway safety<\/strong>, with the number of rail accidents dropping <strong data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"259\">from 400 to just 81<\/strong> in the last financial year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"520\">\ud83d\udd39 <strong data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"329\">A Historic Decline in Accidents<\/strong><br data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"332\" \/>During the <strong data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"373\">Question Hour in Lok Sabha<\/strong>, Vaishnaw credited <strong data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"474\">technological advancements, procedural reforms, and enhanced training methods<\/strong> for this massive reduction in rail mishaps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"816\">\ud83d\udcac <em data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"814\">\u201cDuring Lalu Ji\u2019s tenure, there were around <strong data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"596\">700 accidents per year<\/strong>. Under Mamata Ji, the number reduced to <strong data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"644\">400<\/strong>, and during Kharge Ji\u2019s time, it stood at <strong data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"694\">385<\/strong>. But in the financial year <strong data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"733\">2024-25<\/strong>, we have successfully brought it down to just <strong data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"786\">81<\/strong>\u2014a phenomenal achievement!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"1213\">\ud83d\udd39 <strong data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"861\">Zero FIR System for Passenger Safety<\/strong><br data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"864\" \/>Addressing concerns about delays in filing FIRs for railway-related crimes, the minister assured that the <strong data-start=\"970\" data-end=\"1040\">Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF)<\/strong> are working closely to streamline procedures. He emphasized that the introduction of the <strong data-start=\"1130\" data-end=\"1149\">Zero FIR system<\/strong> will <strong data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1211\">ensure swift action and better passenger protection.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1374\">With cutting-edge reforms and an unwavering commitment to safety, <strong data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1370\">Indian Railways is on track to becoming one of the safest rail networks in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday announced a remarkable improvement in railway safety, with the number of rail accidents dropping from 400 to just 81 in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60663","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60666,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60663\/revisions\/60666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}