We have discussed 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 enviornment 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. 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. The Shah Nawaz committee, which was appointed in 2006 gave a very voluminous reports. There in, they had stated the causes of accidents that occurred during the period before, and they had also suggested some preventive measures. The government have again appointed another committee headed by Dr. Kunzru. It is more than eight months or so. I do not know why an interim report has not been submitted by the committee, it would have been better, at least for discussion on such as important subject like this, if that committee had there mostly Nawaz these. There has been some reference to the improvement in our economic situation also. We find that we have made good progress in production.
