All the 79 unmanned level crossings in Salem Railway Division will be totally eliminated in a phased manner by 2018.
The Railways will adopt a three-way process for the elimination of the unmanned level crossings: construction of limited use sub-ways; construction of flyovers with the financial support of the Tamil Nadu Government and connecting the roads leading to unmanned level crossings with the adjacent highways, Shubhranshu, Divisional Railway Manager, said while addressing a press conference organised in connection with the International Level Crossing Awareness Day here.
Thanks to the awareness among the people, the accident rate at the unmanned level crossings had been very minimal in the Salem Railway Division.
Last year only two accidents at unmanned level crossing had taken place, of which one person was killed and another was injured.
Ever since the new Salem Railway Division was inaugurated eight years ago, only 15 accidents at the unmanned level crossings have been reported leading to 14 deaths. “Our aim is to bring down the accident rate at the unmanned level crossings to zero”, Mr. Shubhranshu said.
He said that cooperation of the respective district administration is essential for the construction of flyovers and limited use sub-ways.
