Over 1.2 lakh Indian Railways safety sector posts vacant
As many as 1.27 lakh posts in the "safety sector" of the Indian Railways remain vacant, according to information accessed from the Railways Ministry. The vacancies in the safety sector, which includes patrolmen and technicians, are 58.5% of the total 2.17 lakh vacancies in the Railways. This information has emerged after the Patna-Indore Express accident on Sunday left 145 dead.