Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Tuesday 17 April 2018

A CASE OF MISPLACED PRIORITY ? WITHOUT DOUBT !


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 :





A Prabhu – on – Earth ?  [  19  Aug  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/08/a-prabhu-on-earth.html

 

Killer Tracks of Mumbai Locals  [  23  March  2018  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2018/03/killer-tracks-of-mumbai-locals.html

 

 

Or , is it that the lives of Mumbaikars are cheaper than lives of Indians elsewhere ?

 

17  April  2018

www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

 





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