Five coaches of the Kurla-Ambernath train derailed yesterday

The Indian Railway is busy providing Wi-Fi at railway stations, but when it comes to tackling more serious issues, it seems that it has gone off-track. The derailment on the Kalyan-Vitthalwadi route yesterday, apparently due to a rail fracture, once again shows the laxity of the Central Railways. Unlike the reason ‘cold weather’ given every time, sources said that the cushion required for ensuring track’s stability – ballasts or stones - is insufficient, and this could also have lead to a rail fracture causing the derailment.