Can Rail Accidents be avoided???

           After yesterday’s nerve- wracking incident that occurred in the remote area of Madhya Pradesh ,when two express trains derailed within seconds while crossing each other during flash floods that undermined tracks. This tragic incident has killed 30 people and left many injured.

           

            Friends , I was forced to write about this when I had a debate with my husband over this and then the question struck to my mind.

            Can Rail Accidents be avoided???

            

            I will be taking you to a series of facts and figures and will also request you to share your thoughts in the same.

           So tell me normally after such accidents what type of reactions we see among our politicians , it is a jocular and also a serious truth and trust me you will feel the same in a minute:

Reaction 1: government comes up with its traditional strategy to be more specific  "Compensation strategy" In pure hindi language (piditon ko Muavza )

Reaction 2: Blame Game starts Opposition demands resignation of railway minister which is a common culture / trend after every rail accident.

Reaction 3: Then comes a list of commitments and promises

"Indian government has pledged to invest blabla amount to modernize this that and has introduced etc etc plans."

and last but the most famous reaction is 

Reaction 4: Politicians suddenly become visible on social sites with their weepy words.

As below:
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@narendramodi

The two trains accidents in Madhya Pradesh are deeply distressing . Deeply pained over the loss of lives . Condolences to families of deceased.

 Very funny I must say…..Isn’t it…

I know I am a bit harsh but won't hesitate saying that its shameless to say but Our Indian Railway which has the fourth largest railway network in world has become handicap and we people have become habitual of bearing the brunt of the cuts.

                According to Indian Railway statistical Publication,

                25,006 people died and 3,882 were injured in a total of 28,360 railway accidents across the country in 2014 and this is an incremental figure .
                In 2013 we invested INR 39090 cr  for modernization of rail system
                    2014 – INR 43443 cr
                    2015 estimated as INR 1.27 Lac cr.
                 Also our government has spent INR 1288 cr as compensation to victims .

                Now the funniest part is almost 85% of trains hardly have a fire safety Alarm and even if they have you know what is the condition.
                   
               Many a times accidents occur on bridges during rainy season. The reason is no regular inspection of bridges and tracks. More over some of the bridges are very old and unable to carry fast speed trains or even a normal train . Resultant yesterday’s accident.
            
               In contrary to this Japan Railway Company is renowned for its safe and modern railways.

               According to the link below , they claim “ Zero “ fatality and injury since 1964.
http://english.jr-central.co.jp/about/safety.html

               But actually there are few of train accidents in japan like the one in 2005, 1990 and only one or two more  so I should say when compared to Indian figures its 
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               Some Interesting Facts :

                Japan has developed a very sophisticated high-technology detection system called TERRA-S (Tokaido Shinkansen Earthquake Rapid Alarm System), in short , Earthquake Detectors  to safely bring all train operations to a halt in case tremors detected.

              And we hardly have fire safety alarms on rail track  so modernization of what type of rail system the government speaks of. 

              Now still will you say that giving an excuse of a natural calamity is a valid justification. I know we can’t avoid such accidents completely but atleast we can reduce the intensity of such incidents.
                
              In US , China, Uzbekistan , Japan ….Positive Train Control (PTC) is installed . It is a technology designed to slow or stop trains automatically if engineers ignore warning signals it is just like an automatic braking system .
                
              Its true that we don’t have such high speed rail systems , also this needs a huge investment , maintenance and shortage in manpower combination of all these is making our rail system cancerous .
               
              At last I would only request to the system especially to our government
                                 "Sir stop showing us a Bullet Train Dream, 

                             we only want to feel a safe rail journey dream….
                                        Please don’t become culprit and 
                                  don't make us victim of this mass killing."

Maa - a little granny

Maa - a little granny

     When I see lying her on bed helpless and dependent it just makes me feel reckless and torned sometimes I feel its unfair injustice to a soul who has sacrificed all her life sometimes for her husband , sometimes for her children , sometimes for her grandchildren and many times without reasons .

      She met with brain stroke 2 years back and since then she has been fighting with her immune , Few days back doctor diagnosed her with some more complications . She is having a stone in her gall bladder and also a cancerous tumor located in the busiest area of her body.

      She has become fragile and is tired fighting with these sea changes. Doctor has infused a permanent pipe in her nose from which she has to take all the food inside to be more specific liquid food. 

      Lying on bed she now smiles at every visitor sometimes she tries to cry tears roll down but words don't spell out. Numb , motionless at times she gazes , sometimes she recollects her childhood days and recalls her mother. 

      I would say she raised 8 children 4 of her own and the other 4 her grandchildren under some of most trying circumstances in life and also with some weird nature of her near and dear ones finally all are grown up and laying their part at best. Now when she could reap the benefits of her investments , sit back relax and enjoy her life, see her grandson's kids playing around and can feel how much her grandchildren love her, she is dazed and is now remote from this plastic world.

      Roles are now reversed, she needs to be taken care like a baby, fed time and again. Don't know for how many days she will take to recover but with all our support and love she will win this victory. Its been hard to share this but its a tribute to my grand mother-in-law, to acknowledge her sacrifice, her dedication and devotion.

Love you Maa and we all pray that you recover soon.......

A transgender.....

Hey Hi!!!

 I think my last post was not very convincing so hardly had any views

Now I am up with my new post

Yesterday I was on a local train , I met someone with a masculine look but a feminine  feel, yes you guessed it right she was a transgender her name " Madhuri", she entered in our ladies compartment she was wearing a fancy sari and yes with a heavy makeup worn-up asking for money and giving blessings around . Mostly Indians believe that blessings and curse of transgenders are unusually potent and so people give them tips in return of blessings.

So Madhuri went asking for money , she got tired and then she sat besides a lady that lady was a beautician she owned a parlour , so Madhuri started sharing her past with her she said that she was born in a poor village near Solapur district in Maharashtra southern India. She says her family cast her out because of her womanish behaviour and she ran to join a hinjra group .She was a belly dancer and she used to dance in parties and dance bars but she met with accident and she has rod in her one leg  now . Now this is the only source of earning for her, that beautician was patiently listening to her then Madhuri said " Main pehle bahut sunder thi par accident ke baad main bahut kharab dikhne lag gayi " She wanted to go for some hair treatment and also she wanted to go for facial hair removal laser treatment  and then she started showing her hair to that beautician all the ladies sitting in the compartment started staring at her in weirdness. The Beautician  suggested her some therapy and then Madhuri asked her number and address.

U must be thinking what's so different that I am so keenly discussing about her with you there is only one single thought that came to my mind " why we treat them indifferently ..... they are just like us"

I am Missing

Dear Neel,

             These days a lot of misunderstandings have arisen between us , besides me I know there are many priorities in your life , I still remember our lovely dates , our night call discussions , your love, care, concern but now Life has changed suddenly, we have no more morning tea discussions, Dinners are dumb, our talks and walks are dull and boring, we are staying under one roof but but haven't met for many days...

Please come back ....M waiting for you...

Your's ,

Veena

Major Mukund Varadarajan.... A fighter...

Major Mukund Varadarajan

Still he waits !!!

With Gritted Spirit in his heart

He is ready to take a bullet that doesn't have his name on it.

Ready to die

                     For a man who just had returned home from a normal day

                     For a wife waiting to watch her favourite reality show

                     For a girl who is busy in planning for her wedding

                     For a daughter who wants to have her favourite fast food

                     For a small child who is busy in his exam preparations 

                     For a student with high aspirations of his career

HE IS READY TO DIE FOR YOU, 

On 25 April 2014, Major Mukund Varadarajan, Company Commander, received information about the presence of three terrorists in village of Shupiyan district of Jammu and Kashmir. This group of terrorist had targeted polling officials on the polling day. These terrorist were staying in a hideout 

Major Mukund  evacuated civilians from the target house and acted ferociously to bring down the target house , his constant rigorous attacks forced the terrorist to move to the out house which was located in the targeted compound.

        Major Mukund showed exemplary courage and crawled in proximity to the outhouse. The officer throwed a grenade inside the cement outhouse killing one terrorist instantaneously. Another terrorist present in the outhouse open fired at the Major . Ispite of being seriously injured, the brave soldier crawled and killed the second terrorist . Though Major  was evacuated but he succumbed to his injuries.

    Maj Mukund Varadarajan was awarded with Ashok Chakra for his impeccable leadership and approach

         He left behind  an adorable 3 year old daughter, a lovely wife and a weeping mother. A small video of Major Mukund playing with her daughter was shared on the news channel , in which he was listening and reciting a patriotic song with his daughter . That song had verses that scripted meanings of bravery and patriotism

We salute to this Son of India....Jai Hind!!!!

   

My first post.....

I am just a normal girl...a working lady ..and a devoted housewife and daughter-in-law..
I stay in Mumbai and travel daily by local.....after we cross Ghatkopar on the way to kurla
I always find atleast 1 fight daily in that route ... mostly fight starts with the word "Push" or "kyu Push kar rahi hain" But you know all these fighters don't know the reason behind this...This is because of Newton's first law " 

Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.

Because the track in that route is shaky so the train shakes and because of which the people inside shake ...lolzz its funny but true. In Mumbai people vomit there frustration , anger in local trains only what say...!!!!