December 16, 2015 03:28 pm | Updated March 24, 2016 10:15 am IST - New Delhi
Over 81,000 deaths have been reported on railway tracks since 2012, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
As many as 16,336 deaths took place on railway tracks in 2012, while 19,997 were in 2013, Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
Number of deaths reported in 2014 stood at 24,393, while it was 20,312 till November 2015.
Mr. Sinha admitted that there was a rise in the number of deaths on railway track.
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