Speed and safety don't go together in railways

Commission of Railway Safety lacks the power to place a premium on safety

Consider the Tundla Junction (TDL) and Kanpur Central (CNB) stretch. Via Etawah, this is a 231-km stretch and the most obvious and natural route. Of course, a train can do this stretch via Shikohabad and Farrukhabad and increase the distance to 282 km. But that alternative route will not affect the argument I will make, since there is no alternative to the Tundla-Shikohabad segment.  How many trains are there between Tundla and Kanpur Central? Around 70 and almost all of them are long-distance.  Indeed, more than one-third are super-fast. The Indian Railways (IR) timetable says there are only two unreserved trains