Indian Railways to hire retired railwaymen to man unmanned level crossings
The priority of the Indian Railways is reportedly to eliminate all such crossings in the BG section on an urgent basis to prevent a repeat of a Kushinagar like mishap. The issues like land acquisition with the state governments are affecting the pace of work to eliminate unmanned Railway crossings, the report said.
Indian Railways has decided to hire retired railwaymen to deploy them on all unmanned railway crossing, besides setting up a committee to expedite the process. Image source: Reuters