Big disclosure about Balasore train accident, interlocking system was tampered with, CBI will find answers

Coromandel Express Derailment Inquiry: Was there a big conspiracy behind the collision of three trains in Balasore, Odisha? Has anyone deliberately tampered with the tracks which has cost 275 innocent lives? This question has become more serious now. The latest revelation in this matter is pointing in this direction. Railways have found evidence in the preliminary investigation that the interlocking system of the tracks was deliberately tampered with. For this reason, the Railways has decided to get the accident investigated by the CBI.

Railway officials say that the possibility of tampering with the interlocking system behind the Balasore train accident cannot be ruled out. According to him, in the preliminary investigation by the Railways, clues have been found that it may have been deliberately tampered with and hence it was felt that it should be probed by a professional investigative agency.

Accident or Conspiracy?

According to officials, the interlocking system of the railway is very safe and there is little scope for error in it. He says that preliminary investigation has revealed that the interlocking system cannot be changed unless there is deliberate tampering.

With these revelations of railway officials, once again the question is being raised that the Balasore accident could not be an accident but a conspiracy. Officials said that this aspect is also being probed prominently in the investigation of the accident. Officials said that the CBI inquiry is being conducted to ascertain the motive behind human interference in the interlocking system.

Government’s clarification on opposition’s allegations

There Sources in the government terming the attacks being made by the opposition as baseless on the basis of the CAG report, have claimed that there has been no shortage of money from the government for all the needs of the railways, including security. Quoting figures, sources said that the Modi government has spent almost two and a half times more money than the UPA government on the renewal of railway tracks under the protection of railways.

Sources said that during the ten years of the UPA government, where the total budget of the Railways was Rs 1.64 lakh crore, it increased to Rs 8.26 lakh crore in the Modi government. This also includes the budgetary provision for the current financial year 2023-24. The budget estimate of Railways in 2023-24 is Rs 2.24 lakh crore.

Expenditure on renewal of tracks

If we talk about the renewal of railway tracks, where about 47 thousand crore rupees were spent during the UPA government, while in the Modi government, it is estimated that 1.09 lakh crore rupees will be spent by the end of 2023-24. Officials said that in 2017, the National Rail Safety Fund was created, under which a target was set to spend one lakh crore on security related work in the railways by 2022 and more was spent. The tenure of this fund has now been extended for five more years.

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