MADRID (The Thursday Times) — Spain ke Transport Minister Óscar Puente ne Mangal ko istifa de diya, Urda ke qareeb tez raftar train ke takrao mein kam az kam 69 logon ke halak hone ke chhe din baad, aur us waqt se aik hafte se bhi kam muddat baad jab unhon ne kaha tha ke woh apne ohde par rahenge.
Unhon ne yeh faisla Congress mein elan kiya, crash par chaar ghante se zyada sawalat ke aakhir mein. "Spain jaise mulk mein transport minister aik saal se kam muddat mein is qadar sangeen do hadson ke baad apne ohde par nahin reh sakta," unhon ne kaha. "Woh kitne hi mukhtalif kyun na hon, aur chahe un ki barah-e-raast zimmedari ho ya na ho, yeh siyasi wiqar, yaksaniyat aur mutasireen ke saath hamdardi ka muamla hai."
Puente ne 29 November ko hone wale aam intikhabat mein Valladolid se Socialist Party ke sar-e-fehrist ummeedwar ki haisiyat se apni jagah bhi chhor di, jab ke intikhabat mein chaar hafte se kam waqt reh gaya hai. Unhon ne kaha ke unhon ne crash ke fauran baad faisla kar liya tha, lekin is ke nateejon se nimatne ke liye ohde par qaim rahe.
Dabao har taraf se tha. Opposition jamaat People's Party aur Vox ne un se alag hone ka mutalba kiya, aur hukumat ki himayat karne wali Sumar, ERC aur PNV ne bhi.
28 October ko Renfe ki aik train Madrid ke janoob mein khari Iryo ki aik train ke pichhle hisse se ja takrai. Leak hone wali recordings se zahir hota hai ke control centre ne Renfe ki train ko aage barhne ki ijazat de di, halanke doosri train taqreeban 25km aage patri par ruk chuki thi. Infrastructure chalane wale idare Adif ki unions ka kehna hai ke insani ghalti ko zimmedar thehrana munsifana nahin hai aur asal masla hifazati nizam ki nakami hai.
Is saal is tarah ka yeh doosra saneha tha, jis se pehle January mein Adamuz ke qareeb takrao mein 46 log halak hue thay, yun donon hadson mein halak hone walon ki tadad 115 ho gayi hai.
Istifa dene se pehle Puente ne hifazat ke nae iqdamat waza kiye. In mein Madrid–Seville line par services mein kami shamil hai, jab tak hifazati jaiza mukammal nahin hota aur naya European signalling system nasb nahin kar diya jata, signals kharab hone par hidayat ki tasdeeq ke liye do controllers, aur 40km/h ki had jab drivers ko us par bharosa karna pare jo woh aage dekh sakein. Sánchez ne kaha hai ke ahalkar "is sanihe ki har aakhri tafseel ki tah tak pahunchenge".
