New Delhi: The Railways will fill all safety-related top posts within this week, even as the Opposition taunted the Government, stating its priority was to secure a room in Parliament for Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi rather than safety of passengers.
"I will be personally going to sit on everybody's head, if I can use the word,...all vacancies are going to be filled...at higher levels within this week," Trivedi said in the Rajya Sabha replying to a calling attention motion.
The Railways has around 1.5 lakh vacancies related to safety, but Trivedi did not give the numbers that needed to be filled up at the higher-level.
Earlier, while seeking clarifications on the frequent rail accidents, BJP, CPI-M and AIADMK blamed the Railways for lack of safety measures which result in fatal accidents.
They said the reasons behind accidents include over 1 lakh vacancies in posts related to safety, large number of unmanned level crossings and indiscriminate announcement of new trains without investing in infrastructure like locomotives, rolling stocks and fire-proof coaches.
Senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said there was a tussle between two ministers for a room in Parliament.
"What is the government's priority. Is it about safety of a room (for Railway Minister's office)," asked Javadekar, adding that if the Railways cannot secure passengers' safety, "room or no room does not make a difference."
Similarly Prasant Chatterjee (CPI-M) had a dig at the Minister. "His chamber has been secured as Prime Minister got involved. But how the safety of passengers will be secured?" he posed.
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