ISLAMABAD, Jul 23 (APP):Pakistan Railways has witnessed only six minor accidents with no causality through the entire railway network in the country during the six months after adopting stringent precautionary measures.
“Only two train accidents have took place in September, no accident happened in October and four train accidents occurred in November due to effective steps of the department,” an official in the Ministry told APP.
The drastic decrease in accidents has been witnessed due to the efforts being undertaken to reduce trespassing at unmanned level crossings and unauthorized locations, he added.
“Our staff is continuously monitoring the railway tracks across the country and conducting thorough inspection of the trains considering safety of the passengers as the top priority of the department,” he said.
The official said the department was taking several steps to improve the Railway services including the issues related to tracking maintenance that was given top priority.
He said that the punctuality of trains was improved and all the trains were being monitored, reviewed and rectified while to facilitate the passengers, a mobile application “Pak rail live” has also been launched for real-time tracking of trains.
To a question, he said that first aid posts were established in Assistant Station Masters offices and Police Help Line Centers at all Railway Stations where paramedical staff/staff trained in first aid was available along with first aid box/emergency kits round the clock.
He said the first aid box/emergency kits were available with In-charge Guards in all running trains who were trained in first aid and provide first aid to ill passengers.
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