On December 21, 2022, a performance review of derailment in the Indian Railways was presented in parliament. This thematic performance audit undertaken by the national auditor examined instances of derailments between 2017-18 to 2020-21.
https://thewire.in/government/the-odisha-train-crash-was-the-terrible-cost-of-ignoring-cag-audits
Months after that report alerting the Rail Ministry about passenger safety entered the public domain, on June 2, 2023, another derailment resulted in 275 deaths and left 1,100 injured. While the media has picked up the audit findings, this incident also alerts us to what’s broken in India’s parliamentary process of transparency, accountability and auditing.
08/06/2023