NEW DELHI: The railways informed a parliamentary panel that there were 19,700 instances of cable cut across its zones in the past five years and in 11,760 such cases, it did not even impose penalties for violation of procedures laid down for digging work near signalling, electrical and telecommunication cables.
Stating that such lapses could lead to severe mishaps, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the recent accident involving Coromandel Express in Balasore “serves as a stark reminder” of the serious consequences such incidents may have.
