No passenger deaths due to train accidents in last 22 months: Railway Minister

Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today informed that there has been no passenger deaths in the country due to train accidents in nearly last 22 months.

Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Mr. Goyal informed that the Railways is adopting modern safety technology devices to enhance the safety of its passengers.

He said, Railways has been given special emphasis under the current government as Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a special relationship with it and believes that development of railway infrastructure has the potential to achieve farfetched effects in the lives of many countrymen.