�  On  a  religious  day,  large  number  of  people  from  under-­‐developed  rural  area  of  North  Bihar,  India  decided  to  visit  the  nearby  Katyayani  temple  on  Monday,  19th  August  2013.  

�  The  area  is  virtually  having  no  proper  road  and  the  village  road  got  affected  by  monsoon.  

�  People,  having  no  other  option,  use  Railway  track  which  is  on  higher  level  to  walk  down  to  the  place.  

�  This  is  highly  unsafe  as  people  are  trespassing  the  railway  track  where  trains  are  running  at  100  kmph  speed.  

�  On  the  fateful  day,  large  number  of  people  were  walking  on  the  Railway  track  and  a  speeding  train  ran  over  them,  killing  over  30  persons.    

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�  The  people  ??  �  The  train  ??  �  The  Society  ??  �  The  Poor  Infrastructure  ???  

�  Death  of  35  people  �  Payment  of  Ex-­‐gratia  to  aggrieved  families  �  Glutting  of  one  train  engine  and  10  coaches    �  Suspension  of  train  operation  for  over  24hours  �  Damage  to  railway  assets  

� Saving  35  lives  is  far  more  important  than  any  investment  cost  to  build  safe  road  network  in  that  area.  

� However,  our  economic  decisions  do  no  incorporate  such  tragic  while  planning  for  development.  

� This  incident  was  completely  avoidable.      

� Risk  Management  in  life  threatening  situations  shall  be  based  on  need  without  any  financial  consideration  in  decision  making.  

 

�  Thank  you  very  much  for  paying  attention.  �  The  photographs  and  visuals  quoted  are  duly  acknowledged.