Lok Sabha Question No. 2862 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-11
Subject: Mission Zero Accident
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2862 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2020

## MISSION ZERO ACCIDENT

2862.   SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  railway  passengers  who  lost  their  lives  due  to accidents during the last ten years, year-wise;
- (b) the details of mechanism in place for providing medical assistance to railway passengers;
- (c) the progress and details of 'Mission Zero Accident'; and
- (d) the list  of  institutions  working  on  rail  safety  in  the  country  along with  the  funds  allocated  to  such  institutions  during  the  last  five years, year-wise?

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## ANSWER (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO 2862 BY SHRI  RAM  MOHAN  NAIDU KINJARAPU TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 11.03.2020 REGARDING MISSION ZERO ACCIDENT

(a): Details of number of railway passengers who lost their lives due to consequential train accidents during the last ten years are as under:-

| Year                       | Number of passengers who lost their lives in Consequential Train Accidents   |
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-10                    | 67                                                                           |
| 2010-11                    | 235                                                                          |
| 2011-12                    | 100                                                                          |
| 2012-13                    | 61                                                                           |
| 2013-14                    | 42                                                                           |
| 2014-15                    | 118                                                                          |
| 2015-16                    | 40                                                                           |
| 2016-17                    | 195                                                                          |
| 2017-18                    | 28                                                                           |
| 2018-19                    | 16                                                                           |
| 2019-20 (up to 06.03.2020) | NIL                                                                          |

(b):  In  compliance  of  orders  of  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  of  India  and  as recommended by committee of experts constituted at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), instructions have been issued to provide a Medical  Box  containing  life  saving  medicines,  equipments,  oxygen cylinder etc. at all Railway stations and passenger carrying trains. Front line  staff  i.e.  Train  Ticket  Examiner,  Train  Superintendents,  Assistant Station Master etc. are trained in rendering First Aid. Regular refresher courses  are  conducted  for  such  staff.  List  of  near-by  hospitals  and doctors  along  with  their  contact  numbers  is  available  at  all  Railway Stations.  Ambulance  services  of  Railways,  State  Government/Private Hospitals and ambulance service providers are utilized to transport the injured/sick passengers to the hospitals/doctor's clinics.

(c): In the Railway Budget 2016-17, Mission Zero Accident was one of the Missions announced, comprising of the two sub-missions:

- i. Elimination  of  unmanned  level  crossings  (UMLC)  over  broad gauge in the next 3-4 years.
- ii. Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS): To prevent collisions  and  signal  passing  at  danger  by  the  Loco  Pilot through  developing  an  indigenous  technology  and  also  to increase throughput by increasing average sectional speed on Indian Railways (IR).

Current Status of the implementation of two sub-missions under Mission Zero Accident is as follows:

- (1)  Elimination  of  Unmanned  Level  Crossings:  All  unmanned  level crossings (UMLC) on Broad Gauge have already been eliminated in January 2019.
- (2) Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS): Train Collision Avoidance  System  is  an  indigenous  Automatic  Train  protection (ATP)  system  developed  in  association  with  Indian  manufacturers. The  system  has  been  installed  on  Lingampalli  -  Vikarabad  -  Wadi and  Vikarabad  -  Bidar  sections  (250  Route  km)  on  South  Central

Railway. Further, the system is under implementation on 1199 Route Km on South Central Railway. (d): In order to make Railways efficient and safe, all staff including safety category staff are required to undergo structured training at all  Training  Institutes  of  Indian  Railways  on  regular  basis  as  per prescribed  periodicity  at  various  stages  of  their  career.  Safety category  staff  is  also  given  training  in  Disaster  Management  with emphasis  on  Relief,  Rescue  and  Rehabilitation  (three  'R's),  Threat Perception  and  Emergency  Response,  Fighting  and  use  of  fire Extinguishers and First Aid. Railway Training Institutes are allocated fund on annual basis for development of infrastructure, development of training modules/training materials, conduct of training programmes etc.

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