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Maharashtra bid mishap (Pic credit: PTI)
NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of Maharashtra bid mishap, Railway curate Ashwini Vaishnaw and railway committee officials projected large changes successful the plan and manufacturing of caller non-AC trains connected Monday, to debar immoderate unsafe incident.
Earlier connected Monday morning, 4 radical were killed and 9 others were injured aft falling disconnected 2 overcrowded section trains successful Thane territory during unreserved hour. The incidental took spot adjacent Mumbra railway presumption erstwhile the trains were passing each different connected a steep turn.Following the incident, Railway curate and railway committee officials had a elaborate gathering with the ICF (Integral Coach Factory) squad and decided connected large changes successful the plan and manufacturing of caller non-AC trains to resoluteness the cardinal contented of ventilation. According to railway ministry, 3 large changes person been decided, they are:
- First, the doors volition person louvres.
- Second, coaches volition person roof-mounted ventilation units to pump successful caller air.
- Third, the coaches volition person vestibules truthful that passengers tin determination from 1 manager to different and equilibrium retired the assemblage successful a earthy way.
Railways further said that the archetypal bid of this caller plan volition beryllium acceptable by November 2025. "After indispensable tests and certification, it volition beryllium enactment into work by January 2026," it added.
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