Odisha train accident: 2022 CAG report flags decline in funds allotted for track renewal
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Odisha train accident: 2022 CAG report flags decline in funds allotted for track renewal

Hindustan Times  

While Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said the “root cause” of the triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore district has been identified, the Comptroller and Auditor General’s 2022 report ‘Derailment in Indian Railways’, flagged serious concerns ranging from not utilising a special railway fund on priority tasks to reduction in money spent on track renewal. Apart from the decline in overall expenditure on priority tasks from the RRSK, the outlay for track renewal works reduced and the already allocated funds were also not appropriately used, according to the report. The allotment of funds for track renewal works declined from ₹9607.65 crore to ₹7417 crore in 2019-20,” the report stated. The report concluded that the railways administration failed to implement the Standing Committee recommendations to enhance the physical and financial targets regarding track renewals to ensure safety.

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