Indian Railways Eliminates All Unmanned Level Crossings From 4 Zones, Will Remove All Crossings in 11 Zones by September
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, in his first meeting after taking charge, had directed that all UMLC be eliminated in the next one year.
New Delhi, July 2: The Indian Railways has eliminated all unmanned level crossings from four zones this month, well on its way to remove all such crossings in 11 of its zones by September 2018, ministry officials said yesterday. According to reports, West Central Railway, Central Railway, Eastern Railway and South East Central Railway aggregating 11,545 route kilometers have now become Unmanned Level Crossings (UMLC) free on broad gauge route.
According to the report, all the 3,479 UMLC on broad gauge routes have been planned for elimination by September this year, except a few. All UMLC on routes having speed of more than 100 kmph and on suburban routes have been eliminated so far, except 13 such crossings in South Central Railway which will be completed by July 2018.
There have been several accidents due to the unmanned railway crossings. In Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, few months back, 13 innocent children died after a train collided with a small school bus at an unmanned railway crossing.
(With inputs from PTI)
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