This is by when Indian Railways will eliminate all unmanned level crossings
Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani said the railways successfully eliminated such crossings at busy station by March 31 this year. Across the railway network, 5,792 such crossings still existed till that date, he said. The railways has also built over bridges and subways for people to cross the tracks - while 1,354 ROB/RUB were built in 2016-2017 and the target is 1600 in 2018-2019.
Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani said no step the national carrier takes could be completely foolproof against negligence of people and urged them to be careful while crossing tracks. Image source: PTI