OREANDA-NEWS. Railways to Introduce Modern Technology for Sending Automatic Alert Messages to Road Users at Unmanned Level Crossings.

The Safety Move Aimed at Controlling Accidents at Level Crossings Comes Following Directions of Railway Minister to this Effect.

Railway Minister Directs to Prepare an Action Plan on this Technology.

In a significant move to make Unmanned Level Crossings (UMLCs) safer for road users thereby avoiding accidents thereat, Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has directed the Railway Board to explore the use of Geo-spatial technologies for this purpose. Under such technologies which combine Global Positioning System(GPS), Geographic Information System(GIS) and Remote Sensing, an alert message will be flashed automatically in the mobile phones of all the road users carrying GPS enabled mobile phones and who are in the vicinity of an Unmanned Level Crossing, about the approaching train. With the use of this kind of technologies, the accidents at UMLCs may be minimized / controlled to a large extent thereby saving precious human lives. This step will be in addition to all the ongoing measures being taken by Railways to control accidents at UMLCs

In pursuance of Railway Minister’s direction, a High Level Meeting was held in Rail Bhawan today wherein the representatives of Safety Directorate of Railway Board, Center for Railway Information Systems (the IT arm of Ministry of Railways) and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) participated. It was decided in the meeting to take expeditious necessary steps and prepare an action plan, as directed by the Railway Minister.