The committee to come to some sort of conclusions and give their findings on such an important question. Time and again, we have discused this question of accidents, and I was really painted to see how the minister tried to minimise the seriousness of the railway accidents. He also quoted in the other house the figures, the number of accidents that are taking place in other countries, particularly America and England. The conditions, that are obtaining in these countries and that are obtaining in India are totally different. There, many of the accidents take place not because of follies, not because of the limitations under which those railways work, but mostly because of the environment that there has been in those countries. So, he did not mention the figures here but tool refuge under the guise that our railways much better than the railways work in other countries and that the rate of accidents in India is much lower than the rate of accidents in America or England, Sir, by having this discussion, the railway board and the railway ministry should be able to learn some lessons, and they if are prepared to implement the salient suggestions that will be made by the members, then many of these discussions will not take place and many of the accidents that take place these days will not occur. Sir, at the outset, I must express my thanks to the hon. Members on both sides of the house, who have participated in the discussion on the tenth five year plan document. Honourable members will ver kindly appreciate that within the short time at my disposal, it will not be possible for me to clarify all the points which they have raised during the course of the discussions. I am going to confine my remarks to certain important aspects of the discussion.
