Railways accidents causes and priorities of the state ?

The terrible
train
accident
near Nawabshah that killed over 30
passengers
of the Hazara Express and left dozens injured on Sunday was a tragedy waiting to happen. There is always an air of resignation when a
train
accident
occurs in Pakistan. Each incident is followed by routine announcements of an inquiry and, in the case of major accidents, cash compensation for families who have lost their loved ones or
passengers
who sustained injuries. The death toll is reduced to mere numbers and the inquiry is consigned to the
railway
junkyard.
Train
derailments happen frequently on Pakistan’s poorly maintained
railway
lines, especially on the stretch between Khanpur and Karachi. More than 250 people have died and several hundred wounded in major
train
derailments, collisions and fires in the
last
10 years. It is not only the
train
tracks that are covered in blood; those who have wilfully neglected the railways
also
have blood on their hands. One can hardly recall the government making any inquiry public or punishing those responsible for these tragedies. The latest tragedy is yet another grim reminder of the multiple challenges the government faces in even maintaining and repairing the country’s dilapidated
railway
infrastructure let alone modernising it and expanding rail services. Shortly after the
accident
,
railway
and aviation minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said the possibility of sabotage or a mechanical fault could not be ruled out. The “root cause” of the
accident
would have to be investigated, he added. Some
railway
officials blamed the derailment of the Rawalpindi-bound Hazara Express on the breakage of the
railway
line and hot axle issue, which jammed movement. Yesterday, the minister termed the lack of resources as the “real cause” of the tragedy. In fact,
that is
the single most important reason for the current state of the
railway
infrastructure between Peshawar and Karachi.
For example
, the
railway
department had requested Rs30bn in 2021 for the rehabilitation of the 470 km-long track between Khanpur and Kotri where the most fatal accidents have occurred in recent years.
However
, both the PTI and PDM governments delayed approval, citing it as “unnecessary”
due to
the planned $9bn ML-1 project under the CPEC initiative. That shows the government does not really care about the life of the rail
passengers
because the overwhelming majority comes from the lower-income groups of the population. No wonder whenever a
railway
minister talks about turning railways around, they are concerned about the profitability of its operations rather than the safety of the
passengers
. The
railway
department cannot be turned into a profitable entity without investment in its infrastructure to ensure safe travel for its users. The ML-1 project is crucial to modernising the
railway
system. But the safety of the
passengers
is paramount, with or without it.
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