Be it the 2014 Gorakhdham Express accident in Balasore or the 2018 New Farakka Express accident in Harchundpur. After investigating these mishaps, the Railway Safety Commissioner raised questions on the full-proof signaling system. A senior railway official had written to the board three months back, fearing an accident, asking for immediate improvements, but it was ignored.

A letter written 3 months ago went viral

Now, when that officer's letter of three Months Ago is going viral, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav himself has reached to get an idea of ​​the situation by talking to him. Harishankar Verma, Director General of Indian Railway Transport Management Organization, has served in South Western Railway for about 3 years. When Harishankar Verma became the Principal Chief Operational Manager there, many cases of train going on the wrong line came up against him.

Despite writing a letter and informing the Railway Board, the alert was not declared

First charge sheet was issued to station master. He then proceeded to examine the non-interlocking of the stations themselves. On February 8 last, the Bengaluru-New Delhi Snakrakranti Express was saved by the alertness of the pilot as people went on the wrong track despite signaling the main line. Harishankar Verma caught the case of location box tampering bypassing the interlocking system and wrote to the Railway Board to put an immediate stop to it. Even after his letter, the board did not raise the alert and the Baleshwar disaster happened.