Signal and Telecommunication department staff responsible for Balasore rail tragedy: CRS report

LUCKNOW: Investigations into the Balasore train tragedy have now confirmed that error and negligence on the part of the Signaland Telecommunication department staff had led to the tragic rail accident on June 2 in which over 290 passengers were killed. The TOI had, days after the incident, reported that the tragedy was suspected to have been caused due to negligence of S&T staff.

Commissioner of railway safety A M Chowdhary of South-Eastern zone said, “Lapses at multiple levels in the S&T department were responsible for this (Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express) accident.” Some of these lapses included wrong labelling of wires.