Referring to the recent railway accidents in India, analyse the major causes behind them and suggest measures for improving safety.
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Recent train accidents in India have exposed a series of serious problems:
Principal Reasons:
-Outdated Infrastructure: The tracks, bridges, and signaling systems are getting more and older, and accidents occur.
Human Error: The social issue that arises from your business organization is that staff negligence, which is a result of complacency or inadequate training somehow leads to an occurrence of accident which results in deaths.
Maintenance: Rails, wheels, engines and coaches do not receive proper attention as far as maintenance is concerned and therefore pose a threat to lives.
Excessive Speed: This speed is still high at the areas where the tracks are poorly done causing derailment and collision.
-Signaling Failures: When the signaling system malfunctions there will be confusion and random occurrences of mishaps on the rail track.
Safety Enhancement Measures:
-Modernization: Restructuring the existing systems such as railway line maintenance and in the datum bridges, effective signaling system among others.
-Safety Maintenance: Raising maintenance standards and carrying out examinations to check on the staibility of railway properties.
-Training and Skill Development: Providing complete training to railway employees, especially the actual and prospective locomotive drivers, signal Heritage operators, and railway line maintenance employees.
-Strict Adherence to Safety Rules: Such measures as maintenance of a strict standard of safety in the organizations and Sunbelts imposition of fines for recklessness with a view of discouraging negligence.
-Real-time Monitoring: High-technology ways in the monitoring of train and tracks.
Independent Safety Audits: Development of a safety management system and engaging independent experts for a regular safety audit with regards to possible hazards and measures preventions thereof.
Public Awareness: To enthuse the people about railway safety rules and regulation with a view of avoiding the occurrence of such a disaster.
Taking this into consideration, and recognizing the essential means of identifying shortcomings, implementing changes and precautions which can convert the railway system of India safer in the future, some key problems of safety should be mentioned.