The story so far: An electronic track management system used by the railways has become the focus of investigations after last week’s horrific train crash involving two express trains and a goods train in Odisha’s Balasore district that left 275 passengers dead and more than 1,000 injured.
Earlier this week, Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw told the media that a “change made in the electronic interlocking and point machine” had led to the accident. “The Commissioner of Railway Safety has investigated the matter… we have identified the cause of the incident and people are responsible for it. It happened due

