A senior railway engineer has dissented from the findings of the joint inspection report on the Coromandel Express train accident in Odisha, saying that the crash was not due to signal failure.
The engineer, AK Mahanta, who was one of the signatories to the report, said that the signal was green for the Coromandel Express to take the main line and not the loop line. He said that the datalogger report from the train's locomotive supports his claim.
The joint inspection report, which was submitted to the Commissioner of Railway Safety, had attributed the accident to signal failure. The report said that the signalman at the Keonjhargarh railway station had wrongly cleared the signal for the Coromandel Express to take the loop line, instead of the main line.
The engineer's dissent note has raised questions about the accuracy of the joint inspection report. It has also cast doubt on the safety of the Indian Railways' signaling system.
The Commissioner of Railway Safety is expected to submit his final report on the accident in a few weeks. The report is expected to shed more light on the cause of the accident and the possible corrective measures that need to be taken.
The Coromandel Express train accident was a major tragedy that claimed the lives of 90 people. The accident has raised serious concerns about the safety of the Indian Railways. The government has promised to take all necessary steps to ensure that such accidents do not happen again.
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