President Ranil Wickremesinghe has just sent a condolence message to India—for what? A “tragic multiple-train collision”. Wow. That’s actually pretty sad.
I mean, trains are awesome! They take us places fast and in style!
Well anyways, back to the topic…
India’s Terrible Week with Trains: 2020 Edition
If you’re familiar with Indian railway policies or if you read the daily newspapers, then it wouldn’t surprise you that there was another train accident. I mean can this country catch a break?
The Guiness Book of World Records should add these guys for having the most train accidents ever recorded by any country – ugh.
A Bunch Of Fast Moving Boxes Crashing into Each Other – What Could Go Wrong?
The latest tragedy took place at Odisha state. Reports say that two trains collided head-on which resulted in numerous injuries and unfortunately some lost lives too. It’s such a shame because those engines have never harmed anyone; well except when they’re one of the engines fighting against Thomas’ tyranny on Sodor Island.
Sidebar: Did anyone else have an obsession with Thomas The Tank Engine growing up? Just me? Ok moving on…
Ranil’s Message: Short But Sweet
Even though these types of incidents happen all too often in India, it still doesn’t make it any less tragic or heart-wrenching. That’s why it’s nice to see other countries come together and offer their condolences – like Ranil did.
Although I’ve never met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this really does sound like something he’d mess up. Jokes aside, my deepest sympathies go out to India and its people
The Aftermath: A Messy Clean-up Job for the Indian Government
With all those darn metal scraps covering the tracks, needless to say that cleaning up after an accident of this nature is no easy task.
We’re not sure how many “accidents” need to happen before more safety measures are put in place– but we’ll leave that debate alone as we sit on our comfortable couches at home leaving these poor railway workers deal with the aftermath of such tragedies…..mmmk?
The Impact This Had On The Survivors…And What They’re Desperately Asking For In 2020
If you think about it (and you REALLY have too if you don’t want nightmares tonight) getting hit by a train must be one of the scariest ways to go out.
Surely there has GOTTA be some kind of way seats can securely fasten us against impacts? We mean seatbelts right?! Or wait maybe airbags??!
Morale Of The Story:
You can only fix what you acknowledge needs fixing…and government officials acknowledging issues happening within their own departments might just be asking for too much sometimes (#sarcasm).
