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Accidents due to carrying of inflammable materials in passenger trains

Accidents due to carrying of inflammable materials  in passenger trains
Start Date :
Jan 01, 2015
Last Date :
Jul 17, 2015
04:15 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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Section 67 of Railway act prescribes that:- ...

Section 67 of Railway act prescribes that:-

1. No person shall take with him on a railway, or require a railway administration to carry such dangerous or offensive goods, as may be prescribed, except in accordance with the provisions of this section.

2. Non person shall take with him in a railway the goods referred to in sub-section (1) unless he gives a notice in writing of their dangerous or offensive nature to the railway servant authorized in this behalf.

3. No person shall entrust the goods referred to in sub-section (1) to a railway servant authorized in this behalf for carriage unless he distinctly marks on the outside of the package containing such goods their dangerous or offensive nature and gives a notice in writing of their dangerous or offensive nature to such railway servant.

4. If any railway servant has reason to believe that goods contained in a package are dangerous or offensive and notice as required under sub-section (2) or sub-section(3), as the case may be, in respect of such goods is not given, he may cause such package to be opened for the purpose of ascertaining its contents.

5. Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, any railway servant may refuse to accept any dangerous or offensive goods for carriage or stop, in transit, such goods or cause the same to be removed, as the case may be, if he has reason to believe that the provisions of this section for such carriage are not compiled with.

6. Nothing in this section shall be constructed to derogate from the provisions of the Indian Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), or any rule or order made under that Act, and nothing in sub-sections (4) and (5) shall be constructed to apply to any goods entrusted for carriage by order or on behalf of the Government or to any goods which a soldier, sailor, airman or any other officer of the armed forces of the Union or a police officer or a member of the Territorial Army of the National cadet Corps may take with him on a railway in the course of his employment or duty as such.

However passengers tend to carry inflammable and dangerous materials like firecrackers, petroleum products, explosives etc., resulting in fire accidents and loss of human life.

Suggest solutions for reducing fire accidents due to carrying of inflammable materials by passengers.

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Prashant Naikwade
Prashant Naikwade 11 years 3 months ago
this is article from moneylife http://www.moneylife.in/article/railway-ministry-and-coal-ministry/40236.html Rail links are needed to evacuate coal from mines and hence the combined efforts of the Railway Ministry and Coal Ministry would be useful to the country
subhojit roy
subhojit roy 11 years 3 months ago
Develope security dept ( rpf ).to secure passengers specialy women.many suburban station r blank and local train are not save in night.so I think that's a important duty for railway.and I also hope rail department will improve it as soon as possible.
Srinivas Korlepara
Srinivas Korlepara 11 years 3 months ago
Sir, between Bangalore and Vizag there are hardly any new trains where as the bus charges are going in 2000-3000 Rs. If Railways could start a superfast train and charge even 1000+ would earn very good revenue for railways and good for citizens. This is one area which is overlooked in last 10 budgets which i can vouch for since i travelled in this route extensively. Kindly add atleast one more train please - Thanks
Akshaya Tiwari
Akshaya Tiwari 11 years 3 months ago
Sir travel in sleeper coach than ask yourself ,its qualify as service.Any why I am wasting time here , because know I am sure that u r govt has not started thinking for passenger service. After so many years railway don't give information about staff travelling in train,what is so confidential abt them r they all pm .Its so pity about these small stupid things of indian railways n there mentor so called govt who in turn depend on stupid ministers who r not Able to understand people problem
NIKHIL PANDEY
NIKHIL PANDEY 11 years 3 months ago
ACTUALLY MANY PEOPLE SMOKE IN THE TRAIN IRRESPECTIVE OF THE WARNING WRITTEN IN THE TRAIN OF THE FINE AND THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE WHEN WE COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS TO RPF PERSONNEL THEY DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.ONCE I WAS TRAVELLING IN THE TRAIN AND THE ARMY JAWANS WAS CONSUMING THE LIQUOR AND THEY WERE DISTURBING THE PASSENGERS. I WANT TO SUGGEST THAT ONE SEPARATE COACH SHOULD BE THERE IN WHICH THE RPF JAWANS ARE THERE & ANYONE CAN COMPLAINT TO THEM & THEY TAKE STRICT ACTION AGAINST THE CULPRITS.
sk mohata
sk mohata 11 years 3 months ago
Railway : 1.Abolish train ticket cancellations. Once ticket is issued, should not be cancelled. It be refunded only if train is cancelled etc. Advance purchasing of tickets will be curtailed. This be done on the lines of Cinemas, once cinema ticket is issued, are not refundable. This will also stop agents from purchasing tickets in bulk. 2.Complaint book with TTE be provided. 3.Food and Eateries prices and quantity to be supplied be pasted in each compartment.
raghavendra rao raghunathan
raghavendra rao raghunathan 11 years 3 months ago
namasthe ji,tomorrow railway budget will be very hopeful to all poor middle class passangers with all low fare tickets in all super fast trains and express trains with new safety measures for all public travel in all trains.i like to want to announce major new trains in tamilnadu to connect to all other states via madurai and new facilities in madurai railway station and mahamaham festival on 22 nd february 2016 at kumbakonam to connect new trains to various parts of our country thank you
avinash agrawal
avinash agrawal 11 years 3 months ago
adarniya modi ji , Indian railway extra few lakh crore every year earn kar sakti hai . 1. india me few lakh trains daily chalti hai , agar in train me delhi metro ki tarah promotional advertisement shuru kiya jaaye insde and out side both . 2. india me sabhi plateforms per 4-5 glow sign board for small city to 100 -500 glow sign in big city advertisement ke liye lagaaye jaaye benefit 1. revenue earning upto few lakh crore. 2. 1 lakh regional industry can become pan india industry