I was shocked to hear about the train mishap that happened very close to my place- Vyasarpadi Railway station. A local passenger train had a head-on collision with a goods train. This happened at around 6am when i was very deep in my dreams. I got to knew this when a message from my friend beeped in my mobile which woke me up to read an awful message- about the train accident near Perambur. I switched on my telly and zapped channels to Times Now which televised the aftermath live. Train compartments were derailed and crashed so badly that its one over the other. Seven people were killed and 20 injured. I would say that this happened because of the carelessness of the railway authorities. When asked to a railway authority about the accident, he said that a man, who is not a railway employee, took the train from the station at 4:50am which is supposed to be taken at 5am. It seems like someone wanted to try how it feels like to drive a train. My question is- what the fuck was the driver doing when he gave so much time for an unknown man to get into the train and let him drive it.? It was very funny to watch the railway people trying to evade questions and glibs to prove that they have nothing to do with the accident. The news now is that "Lalu orders probe into Chennai train accident". Its been more than 14hrs and they are still 'trying' to 'know' about the man who drove the train. I don't know what else they have concoct to convince the public that it wasn't the railway people's fault.
Ya.This is one of the worst accidents in our
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and police people should be severely punished
for such carelessness. If at all , we catch the
culprit also , it will take years to prove
that he is guilty. Analyzing the loop holes and
drawbacks in indian law , these atrocities are
done without any hesitation.