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Railways sticks to zero fatality claim as NITI Aayog doubts data

By IANS | Updated: August 20, 2020 19:40 IST

-20 and zero deaths in the current fiscal year. "Is this a realistic record? In the Mumbai suburban network ...

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-20 and zero deaths in the current fiscal year. "Is this a realistic record? In the Mumbai suburban network over 2,000 people lose their lives every year. It was informed that these deaths are caused on account of trespassing and therefore not counted," he said in his letter.

"I would like to draw your attention to the fact that many of these deaths are caused by people falling overboard or from the platform on to the tracks. Hence, this should not be excluded from the purview of RRSK. It should be ideally recorded officially," the CEO added.

( With inputs from IANS )

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