Is it time for railways to think out of the box

The recent fire tragedy on the Gauthami express calls for some thinking on the side of the popular railway Minister and his team of people.

If you have traveled in a train, have you ever wondered why there is no fire extinguisher handy, though there are messages galore about fire safety pasted all across the coaches? They have created emergency windows, but seemed to have missed out on the simple precautionary measure which is mandatory in many a public place to stop fire. You will even find the extinguishers in the Taxi cabs.

Irrespective of the cost it is necessary that Railway board thinks of this simple measure, probably this could have saved at least few precious lives.

Since we are on the subject, It may be prudent for the railways to consider fixing fire alarm system in their coaches (It is the most common thing in all hotels today), and they could even think of sprinklers to spray water in case of fire. Remember every passenger coach carries water in it for the use of passengers.