Yearender 2023: The street accidents have remained a persistent international well being disaster, in keeping with a World Health Organisation international standing report on street security 2023, which notes that street rash deaths have fallen by 5 per cent since 2010.
“The annual variety of street visitors deaths fell barely to 1.19 million per 12 months, in keeping with the most recent WHO report. Yet with greater than 2 deaths occurring per minute and over 3200 per day, street visitors crashes stay the main killer of youngsters and youth aged 5–29 years, in keeping with the report.
Railways in India, that are sometimes called lifeline of the nation have been a witness to a sequence of prepare accidents, claiming tons of of lives in 2023.
The rail accidents included derailments to fires and likewise collisions, thus redrawing the eye on the necessity for security on tracks.
Let’s check out main tragedies in the nation this 12 months.
- Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, Odisha: Over 290 individuals misplaced their lives and over 900 had been injured in a horrific triple prepare crash in Odisha involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a items prepare in Odisha on June 2.
- Andhra Pradesh prepare collision: On October 29, a prepare collision between the Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger prepare and the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger prepare in Andhra Pradesh left 14 passengers useless. According to the officers, the accident came about after one of many passenger trains overshot a sign.
- Bihar North East Express Derailment: On the night time of October 11, six coaches of the 12506 Anand Vihar Terminal-Kamakhya Junction North East Express derailed close to Buxar’s Raghunathpur Railway Station in Bihar in which 4 individuals died whereas over 70 others had been injured.
- Tiruchirapalli-Shri Ganganagar Humsafar SF Express: On September 23, a hearth broke out in the EOG and B1 coach of the 22498 Tiruchirapalli-Shri Ganganagar Humsafar SF Express whereas it was crossing Valsad Railway Station.
- Lucknow-Rameshwaram Bharat Gaurav prepare hearth: As many as 9 passengers died whereas 20 others had been injured after a hearth broke out in the Lucknow-Rameshwaram Bharat Gaurav prepare which was halted close to the Madurai junction at round 5.15 am. According to the preliminary inquiry, it got here to the fore that the passengers had smuggled a gasoline cylinder on the prepare and cooked in the coach, when the blaze erupted.
- Jan Shatabdi Express coach derailment: On June 9, a coach of the Vijayawada-Chennai Central Jan Shatabdi Express ran off the observe close to the Basin Bridge station at round 2.30 am. Fortunately, no accidents and casualties had been reported in the incident.
Taking a take a look at the huge accidents over the 12 months:
- 2012: On May 22, in the Hampi Express mishap, a cargo prepare and the Hubli-Bangalore Hampi Express collided near Andhra Pradesh.
- There had been roughly 25 fatalities and about 43 accidents because of the prepare’s 4 bogies derailing and one among them catching hearth.
- 2014: On May 26, in the Sant Kabir Nagar space of Uttar Pradesh, the Gorakhdham Express, which was headed in direction of Gorakhpur, collided with a halted items prepare in shut proximity to Khalilabad station, ensuing in 25 fatalities and greater than 50 accidents.
- 2016: On November 20, the Indore-Patna Express 19321 derailed near Pukhrayan in Kanpur, India, killing at the very least 150 passengers and injuring greater than 150.
- 2017: On August 23, 9 prepare coaches of the Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Express derailed close to Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, inflicting at the very least 70 accidents. On August 18, the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express derailed in Muzaffarnagar, killing 23 individuals and injuring almost 60 others.
- 2022: On January 13, at the very least 12 coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express derailed in the West Bengal area of Alipurduar, leaving 9 individuals useless and 36 others injured.
- 2023: On June 2, at the very least 50 individuals had been killed and greater than 350 injured in a horrific triple prepare crash in Odisha involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a items prepare.
(With PTI inputs)
