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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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Ram Krishna Mishra
Ram Krishna Mishra 11 years 4 months ago
If you want to increase your money for Railway development , you do some small things in new Rail budget ; 1. Reduce plateform ticket to 1 or 2 rupee with easy availability 2. Make a new train transport system to carry materials from point to point safely distribution with small fare. 3. In every station make new low rental hotels for travellers 4. In reservation bogi , 4. Every Train bogi should be connected through GPRS and charting in LCD screen updated station wise for saving a lot of papers
Pranjal Sinha
Pranjal Sinha 11 years 4 months ago
Advanced checking systems just like airports should be implanted on railway stations. It will help to increase the security and also stop various illegal activities such as carrying inflammable things on trains
MANJUNATHA K N
MANJUNATHA K N 11 years 4 months ago
Sir please what u can that only u tell to nation don't make people to dream if it is not going to realise it will become lie
Govind Singh
Govind Singh 11 years 4 months ago
n.e.r. Varanasi division me adhiktar train via arj bui cpr via mau quo nahi chalti lambi duri ki traine via ghazipur hokar chalti hai. mau jn ke shath bhedbhav quo railmantri ji bhedbhio band kijiye
MANOJ KUMAR SHARMA
MANOJ KUMAR SHARMA 11 years 4 months ago
Train is the lifeline of India. So i request Hon'ble Minister of railways please consider it so that our lifeline gets somoothly moving ... Thank you sir,...
MANOJ KUMAR SHARMA
MANOJ KUMAR SHARMA 11 years 4 months ago
1.) Increase the no. general coaches in the trains 2.) In sleeper Coach No body sleeps in day time. So break a seat no."example Seat no-23 can accomodate 3 passangers. Break this seat in three 23A, 23B and 23C. we can give this as an option to user at the time of booking ticket. somebody who is travelling with family of 3 or 4 needs to book 3 or 4 seats and when they travel they sit on a single seat. So if we can give option that he can book 3 or 4 tickets on a single seat, he will be very glad