<p>The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety, who probed last month's Amritsar train tragedy, has given clean chit to the railways and blamed the public for their negligence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Having carefully considered the factual material and circumstantial evidences so far available at my disposal, I have provisionally come to the conclusion that the unfortunate incident of running over of 60 persons near Jaura-Fatak near Amritsar railway station of Ferozpur division of Northern Railways on October 19, 2018 at 6:55 pm occurred due to the negligence of persons reportedly standing on and near railway track witnessing Dussehra Mela at Dhobi Ghat," CCCRS S K Pathak said in his preliminary report.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Classifying the accident as "error in working by public near railway line", he also made a number of recommendations to avoid such accidents in the future.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the report, the commissioner also said that the spot of the incident was not visible till the train was within 20 metres of the revellers due to the S-curve.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The report said though the permissible speed on this section was 100 kmph, the train was running at a speed of 82 kmph. When the loco pilot saw the crowd and applied brakes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident took place at a time when there was smoke in the air due to firecrackers and burning of Ravana's effigy, the report said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Commission of Railway Safety comes under the administrative control of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and deals with matters pertaining to the safety of rail travel and train operation.</p>
<p>The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety, who probed last month's Amritsar train tragedy, has given clean chit to the railways and blamed the public for their negligence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Having carefully considered the factual material and circumstantial evidences so far available at my disposal, I have provisionally come to the conclusion that the unfortunate incident of running over of 60 persons near Jaura-Fatak near Amritsar railway station of Ferozpur division of Northern Railways on October 19, 2018 at 6:55 pm occurred due to the negligence of persons reportedly standing on and near railway track witnessing Dussehra Mela at Dhobi Ghat," CCCRS S K Pathak said in his preliminary report.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Classifying the accident as "error in working by public near railway line", he also made a number of recommendations to avoid such accidents in the future.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the report, the commissioner also said that the spot of the incident was not visible till the train was within 20 metres of the revellers due to the S-curve.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The report said though the permissible speed on this section was 100 kmph, the train was running at a speed of 82 kmph. When the loco pilot saw the crowd and applied brakes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident took place at a time when there was smoke in the air due to firecrackers and burning of Ravana's effigy, the report said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Commission of Railway Safety comes under the administrative control of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and deals with matters pertaining to the safety of rail travel and train operation.</p>
