Indian Railways train has become 'turtle', 4 years to reach 1400 km

Indian Railways is one of the world’s largest resort services, but the negligence and delays in its operation are in the news. Late the trains have become a general part of the Indian Railways. But the case that came up recently asked serious questions about the Workers’ Railways. This time there was no passenger train, but a wagon of the goods train was delayed three and a half years to reach its destination. This incident is not only shocking, but there is also a sharp attack on the work style of the entire railway system. Where and when? On July 25, 2018, a wagon arrived at the Basti Station of North Central Railway, which was booked on November 3, 2014. The wagon was sent from Visakhapatnam to Basti, and 1316 bags of Dap fertilizer were loaded into it. According to Railway Records, this wagon should have only taken 13 minutes to take a distance of 1326 km. But in reality it took 3 years, 8 months and 22 days. How did this mess? The incident begins in 2014, when Indian Potas Limited discussed 42 wagon dapmis for Basti’s fertilizer Ramchandra Gupta. But when the goods reached train Basti station, there were only 41 wagons in it. A wagon missed missing. The businessman and the company in question wrote a letter to the Railways several times, but no one knew where the disappearance was gone. After years of silence, suddenly a day of 2018, the wagon (number’s 107462), which disappeared at Basti station, arrived with another freight train. When tested, it had the same dap miss bags, but most of them were bad or torn. After all, where was this wagon? Railway officials say that when a technical error is in a wagon of the goods train, it (di-papa) is separated. In such a situation, he wanders around the wagon sites somewhere. There is also a possibility that the wagon would be cut at a station and that he did not detect in the system. Orders have been ordered to investigate this whole case, but the question arises as to whether the railways do not have enough modern system to find its own wagon? How much damage has been done? In this case, the loss was not only of the railroad, but most loss of the businessman and the company that ordered fertilizer. When the wagon arrived after three and a half years, most of the 1316 bags loaded into it were deteriorating. The quality of the manure was affected, which made it difficult to sell it. In addition, the incident also impairs the credit and confidence of the railroad. If it is the condition of the wagon of the goods train, then think of the safety of the passengers and the situation of the property? This is why the railways have a serious need to improve the system. Why is it necessary to improve the system? In a country like India, where millions of people and thousands of tons travel on the railways, it is very important to strengthen the detection, monitoring and logistics system. This incident made it clear that the digital detection and monitoring mechanisms in the railway are weak. If every wagon is detected with GPS or RFID, such incidents can be stopped. Is it for the first time? No. This is not the first time such a case has come up in Indian Railways. Many times there have been reports of the bogies of passengers trains that reach separate stations, or train lacking. But the disappearance of a wagon for three and a half years, and it suddenly comes one day – it’s really surprising. Conclusion is the economic backbone of the country and goods play the role of lifeline in it. But when such negligence occurs, not only the system, but also the confidence of millions of people from that system. With a lesson from this incident, the Railways must immediately strengthen their cargo tracking system, ensure regular wagons monitoring and update record, and in the future such negligence in the crime category. Otherwise, incidents such as “42 hours of travel in three and a half years” will make India’s progress a joke.