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| CAG: Railways ill-equipped for disaster management | | | AGENCIES
NEW DELHI, Oct 26: Indian Railways seriously lacks in disaster management preparedness, the CAG has pointed out in its latest report, tabled in
Parliament on Friday.
It finds that railways is not geared up to respond to accidents and disasters on many counts. There is inadequate provision of safety aids. There is shortage of trained manpower. It lacks proper communication equipment to even inform about the incident.
There is serious dearth of trains equipped with rescue and relief system and even those that exist are unable to reach in real time the place of incidents as they are not in a state of readiness. It has strongly urged railways to set up a crack team of disaster management which would reach disaster sites promptly.
"Railways were not prepared to deal with all kinds of disasters, the zonal and divisional disaster management plans lacked cohesiveness and were not comprehensive. The infrastructure was not only insufficient but was also poorly located and not maintained adequately at many places," the report said. |
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