‘All Train Accidents are Preventable’ : Sitaram Yechury

Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), discusses with NewsClick the most important systemic issues the Indian Railways and Indian government must address to avoid horrors like the accident involving three trains on Friday in Odisha.

Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), discusses with NewsClick the most important systemic issues the Indian Railways and Indian government must address to avoid horrors like the accident involving three trains on Friday in Odisha. Crucial among these is to fill the over 3 lakh vacant posts in the railways—especially those of gangmen, who are the heart and soul of safety and functioning of India’s trains.