In the Balasore train tragedy, the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) probing the accident has submitted its report, which pointed out the faults from the signalling and telecommunication departments (S&T), according to a railway official.CRS submits its probe reportBriefing about the investigation report, the official said, “The report was submitted and has found lapses on the part of a few departments along with some staff in charge of the relay room.”When the media, asked if any other involvement was indicated in the report, the official said, “The sabotage angle, if any, will only be probed by the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation).”CBI is also investigating the Balasore train tragedy Apart from the CRS probe, the CBI is also investigating the Odisha triple train crash, which claimed 291 lives and over a thousand were injured. The incident is said to be one of the deadliest train accidents in the country. Speaking to the media, another railway official said, “We will not be disclosing the CRS report because of another ongoing independent enquiry (of CBI). This is to ensure that this report does not in any way influence or interfere with the other report. We will take cognisance of both the reports and make an overall evaluation of the incident and then take whatever steps necessary.”As such complex reports are usually accessible to top officials so that the recommendation made by the CRS are rigorously noted and implemented. However, the officials said while the CRS filed an interim report before the fine one, within a week of the tragedy, now it has just submitted one report. Railway boards orders Also, the railway board ordered double-locking arrangements for its relay rooms with train controlling mechanisms, points, and track-down circuit signals.In a letter, it had indicated that the access to the relay room was key to the signalling interference that caused the Coromandel Express to take the loop line at Odishas Balasore and crash into the stationary goods train.Moreover, it was said that this was aimed at making access to the relay room tamper-proof which could be achieved by a double-locking system that would not allow access to the rooms.Further, the officials said that the disconnection memo and reconnection memo was received by the station manager. While concluding, an official said, “However, in reality, the technician bypassed the system because the work was not complete and he rigged the location box to get a green signal for the Coromandel Express.”
