A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court for a direction to set up an expert commission headed by a retired judge of the top court to conduct a time-bound probe into the Odisha train accident on June 2, which claimed lives of over 288 people and left a thousand others injured.
The petition filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari also sought a direction for analysing and reviewing the current risk and safety parameters in the railway system and to suggest systematic modifications for strengthening it.
It also sought a direction for the issuance of guidelines for the implementation of the Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system called ‘KAVACH’ in Indian Railways with immediate effect to ensure public safety.
