Railway official had flagged ‘fault’ in interlocking system: Digvijaya
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday claimed a senior Railway official had flagged a fault in the signal interlocking system in February and warned of the train accident risk but the problem was not rectified which led to the Balasore train crash.
The accident involving two passenger trains and a goods train claimed 278 lives and left more than 1,100 people injured.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing the alleged criminal negligence leading to the train accident.
“Balasore train crash is the biggest rail accident in independent India. In the initial statement of Railways, the cause of the accident was stated as a fault in the interlocking signal system, Singh claimed while speaking to reporters here.
