Saving a few hours ?
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What is more important : saving a few hours or
saving a few years ?
Here is the context :
* Delhi-Mumbai train track is
1384 km long
* Of this , some 500 km passes
through urban area where people / animal can cross
the tracks
* This interference , forces
the trains to slow down ( from its permissible speed of 130
km / hr )
* Govt wants the trains to run
at speed of 160 km / hr
* To enable this , government
has approved construction of 500 km long boundary
Walls
* The plan will cost Rs 500 crore
* Railways
is working on a plan to implement a similar model on Delhi-Kolkata route
Rs 500 crores to save ( may be ) 500 hours of travel
time annually ?
Contrast this with following situation :
* Mumbai suburban ( local ) train tracks , span
465 km ( as per Wikipedia )
* As per the
statistics provided under the RTI query, apart from 6,989
passengers who died after
falling from trains, 22,289 passengers succumbed
while crossing the tracks (
trespassing ) , during past 10 years
Why cannot Railway consider constructing
boundary walls on both sides of Mumbai local tracks , in order to save 2200 lives every year ?
If Railway do not have the money ,
Maharashtra Government should provide the funds
As for a cheaper and faster ( but almost equally
effective ) solution , I have sent following
emails to the Railway Minister :
Indian
Railways : A Trillion Dollar Opportunity [ 03 Sept 2016 ]
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