At least two people have been killed after being run over by a train at Kalajharia Railway Station in Jharkhand’s Jamtara. As per the railway officials, the incident occurred at around 7 PM on Wednesday.
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A fire incident occurred in Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express at Cuttack station on Thursday morning.
The passenger train was coming from Jharsuguda to Sambalpur when a buffalo was crossing the track. It hit the cow and a coach of the train got derailed.
The Congress veteran sought to know how much time the central government would take to be conscious and careful in the matters of railway safety. He wondered if rail tracks are not maintained properly and if such tragedies are deliberately allowed to happen.
After a trial run on the restored track, Prasanti Express was allowed to move on the up-line and a goods train on the down-line in the afternoon.
Apart from that, 52 passengers were injured in this mishap who were admitted to Vizianagaram hospital for treatment. While 29 have already been discharged, 23 of them are still under treatment. As per the administration, three of them are seriously injured.
As many as 39 trains have been cancelled, 26 others diverted while 11 others have been partially cancelled so far on the route.
Two derailed coaches fell on a goods train on an adjacent track. The affected coaches were badly mangled in the collision.
As per the latest report, till now, 26 trains on the route have been cancelled, 22 trains diverted while 11 trains have been partially cancelled. Diverted trains will be put on a different route from Vijayawada. They will not move through Visakhapatnam.
As per reports, 6 persons were killed while over 20 sustained injured in the tragic train accident involved between two passenger trains- one Rayagada passenger and the other Palasa passenger.
At least 11 persons were killed in a train mishap that occurred between Alamanda and Kantakapalli stations on the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border on Sunday.
There has been no official information on the casualty. Official sources are yet to clear air on the reason behind the mishap.
According to an official, the incident happened at around 3.30 pm in the 8-coach DEMU train between Ahmednagar and Narayanpur stations.
Five coaches of an 8-coach DEMU train caught fire at around 3pm between Ahmednagar and Narayanpur stations in Maharashtra.No injuries or death reported as all passengers deboarded the train when it caught fire.
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