Over 10,000 railway level crossings unmanned
According to the latest data provided by the Ministry of Railways, out of 29,487 railway level crossings in the country, 10,440 are unmanned. More than 35% of the level crossings are unmanned in nine of the 16 railway zones. Further, in the last six months between August 2015 and January 2016, only 156 of the unmanned level crossings were manned.