Five facts about Masaipet Train Tragedy

The train-bus accident that killed 25 innocent school children shows a sheer negligence on the part of officials as well as school management. Murphy’s Law once again proved to be the right always.

• This unmanned crossing has a history of such accidents. Neither Railways nor the state government focused in this area.
  
• Just three days back, South Central Railway General Manager Srivatsava personally visited the same site and assured the locals that a gate would be installed soon.
  
• The regular driver was absent on that day. The Scholl management recklessly replaced with armature driver. The driver, who killed in this accident, was not even a trained one. He used to drive tractors.
  
• Railway minister says it’s a driver’s negligence. Telangana Government alleges its Railways mistake. Both are seems to be correct.
  
• Locals, including the driver killed in the incident were familiar with the trains pass through this line. It was not the time for the trains. But the Killer train was running 4 hours late!