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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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radhakrishnan nair
radhakrishnan nair 11 years 8 months ago
Frustration of public is now visible. Exotic trains coming after 10 years is not anybody's worry. Have more decent bogies and trains immediately. 3 years is more than enough to build and operate 10 wagon building plants. Leaching public by maintaining scarcity conditions is just Feudal attitude. Travel should become a fundamental right. Any body thinking in this direction? Everybody looting everybody else is not what we want.
Meenu M
Meenu M 11 years 8 months ago
cleanliness , instructions to parents to teach their kids proper toilet habits, keeping the toilets dry, and not littering the floor of the trains. hefty fines must be imposed
Divya Kumar Mishra
Divya Kumar Mishra 11 years 8 months ago
@Yogendra ..You are not only who is suffering this problem I think .Indian Rail should provide basic facility before going to Hing Speed Trains.
yogendra koyal
yogendra koyal 11 years 8 months ago
sir i m in defence n posted in assam .on this track delhi to guwahati only 2-3 trains runs like bramhputra exp north east exp and one rajdhani.very first day of opening of resevation on 60th day train get full.foji of eastern area suffers in toilet of train. sir we dont want warrant and CV plz start one army spl from dibrugarh to delhi on fri sat and sunday so that we can maintain pride and honour which we feel on republic day,battle field .we should not do 24 journey in toilet
Bhav Ram Pandey
Bhav Ram Pandey 11 years 8 months ago
Its happen due to nnegligence of railways only. I am sure government never stop these because lack of Human resource and evergreen curruption. You all are chatter box only. मन की बात बोलने और घोषणाओं से कुछ नहीं बनेगा।
pallath mohandas
pallath mohandas 11 years 8 months ago
Advance booking in Railway should be like Flight Tickets i.e. anyone can book ticket any time by adopting this railway can use crores of rupees which comes in advance. Also there is no need of escalating the fares further if the Railway opt for giving the Train Compartments for advertisement of public companies. Give outside of One compartment to one company and impose fine if the company fails to keep the compartment painted for their advertisement and keep them fresh every time.
pallath mohandas
pallath mohandas 11 years 8 months ago
Entry to Reserved compartments should be strictly prohibited since the system of reservation is brought to protect the right of reserved seats. The daily up downers creates lot of disturbances in the reserved compartment and like dakshin, kerala, mangala, tamilnadu, andhra express like trains are running in a long distance and the entry of up downers and un reserved passengers creates a lot of problems to the passengers.
pranjal soni
pranjal soni 11 years 8 months ago
i ask to people what can government do? for this we should have a sense of responsibility and common sense? railway provides facility for carrying goods and luggage.ask the responsible authority in station and carry your inflammable materials. because you may lead several life in risk.
akhil singh
akhil singh 11 years 8 months ago
to reduce variation of crude oil price ,government will make a buffer stock of it,and when crude oil price is rising then it stock help in supply of crude oil and it cost will reduced.
ranjit singh
ranjit singh 11 years 8 months ago
apply fine for those who travel with inflammable but, first give knowledge for a limited period. every train coach having one fixed plicemen to feel people and railway property safe