{
 "no": 28,
 "id": "case-28",
 "sk": 20230602,
 "year": 2023,
 "date": "02 Jun 2023",
 "cat": "Public safety",
 "sev": "amber",
 "title": "Balasore train disaster. The resignation that never came",
 "stamp": "No resignation",
 "human": {
  "v": "~<b>290+</b> killed and <b>1,000+</b> injured in one of India's worst rail crashes",
  "est": true
 },
 "cost": {
  "v": "Hard questions over safety-fund use and vacancies in safety-critical posts",
  "est": true
 },
 "what": "A signalling failure caused a three-train collision near Balasore, Odisha, the deadliest Indian rail accident in decades.",
 "dodge": "With scrutiny falling on deferred safety spending and unfilled safety-critical vacancies, the Railways Minister offered words of accountability but did not resign, and the systemic questions were folded into a technical inquiry rather than a political reckoning.",
 "ministers": [
  {
   "n": "Ashwini Vaishnaw",
   "r": "Railways Minister"
  }
 ],
 "pos": "The government pointed to the inquiry and to record investment in rail safety and modernisation.",
 "alt": "Publish safety-fund use and vacancy data, close the signalling-integrity gaps, and treat the deadliest crash in decades as a matter of ministerial responsibility.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "The Hindu on the CRS inquiry into Balasore",
   "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/human-error-led-to-balasore-train-tragedy-says-report-pins-fault-on-signalling-and-telecommunication-department/article67038335.ece",
   "tier": 2,
   "archiveUrl": "http://web.archive.org/web/20231204010835/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/human-error-led-to-balasore-train-tragedy-says-report-pins-fault-on-signalling-and-telecommunication-department/article67038335.ece"
  },
  {
   "label": "CAG Report No. 22 of 2022, railway derailments",
   "url": "https://cag.gov.in/uploads/download_audit_report/2022/Report-No.-22-of-2022--Union-Government-(Railways)-Performance-Audit-068b1637f9146b3.65960532.pdf",
   "tier": 1,
   "archiveUrl": "http://web.archive.org/web/20251211062355/https://cag.gov.in/uploads/download_audit_report/2022/Report-No.-22-of-2022--Union-Government-(Railways)-Performance-Audit-068b1637f9146b3.65960532.pdf"
  }
 ],
 "estimates": {
  "deaths": 290
 },
 "caseUrl": "https://whoisresponsible.xyz/case/case-28/"
}