Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has asked the zonal heads and Board Members to live up to the expectations required from them and candidly warned the officials to be ready for consequences for any lapse. Reviewing safety performance of Railway, Mr Prabhu said that responsibility will now to be fixed at higher levels for any lapses. Minister of Railways also requested Former CAG Vinod Rai to help in revamping the safety organization structure and also systemic improvements which are needed to improve the safety performance. He has directed that all railway installations should be inspected over the next one week to identify and rectify the shortcomings. <br/><br/>The Minister also directed that the report of this exercise with actionable points should be sent to the Railway Board within the prescribed time. It has also been directed that all Mail and Express trains will have at least one officer travel during night hours on locomotives for comprehensive inspection over next 10 days. This will be in addition to the existing schedule and inspection at various levels. Railway Minister also directed that there is an urgent need to go back to the basics and insisted that training programmes should be launched immediately to enhance the skill sets of the employees who are dealing with train operations. He directed the Board to relook at the codes and manuals for updating of safety protocols. <br/><br/>Railway Minister also directed to involve railway PSUs like RVNL, RITES to offer technological solutions and safety related inputs on the network. He has also directed for independent audit of the safety installations. The Minister also directed the Railway Board to fast track the procurement of safety equipments and machines.