Tag: Train Mishap

According to source, the mishap took place after boulders fell on it while the engine was en route to Sambalpur from Talcher.

A Railway Protection Force constable on Monday shot dead four persons, including an assistant sub-inspector, on board running Jaipur-Mumbai Central Express train near Palghar railway station in Maharashtra.

The train that started its journey from Dhamra started to roll without taking the wagons at Soro railway station. 

All seven employees, including the three accused who are currently on remand, have been suspended, informed South-Eastern Railway General Manager Anil Kumar Mishra.

Passengers reportedly pulled chain after detecting the smoke

While the Railway department has entrusted IIT Kharagpur with the key responsibility, Aurobinda Routray, an Odia professor posted at the premier educational institute, is leading the project to develop a tamper-proof signalling system based on blockchain technology.

The three Railway staff have been arrested under IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence).

In a major development in the investigation into the train accident at Bahanaga in Balasore of Odisha, the CBI today reportedly arrested 3 persons. 

The probe report further stated that lapses at multiple levels in the Signal & Telecom department were responsible for this accident. 

Even though one month has passed now, the memories of the horrific train mishap are still fresh in the minds of passengers, who survived the accident, and locals who had launched a massive rescue operation.

In its suggestion, the federation has given more emphasis to safety than punctuality.

The incident was reported at Ondagram railway station. Rail operations on Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line has been halted.

According to sources, while Rs 1 crore assistance was sanctioned from the MP fund for the development of Bahanaga area, Rs 1 crore was approved from Railways fund for the development of Bahanaga hospital.

The tragic accident at Bahanaga in Balasore has resulted in the deaths of 292 passengers so far

It is learned that the signal JE along with his family is reportedly missing from the rented place after the tragic accident at Bahanaga that resulted in the deaths of 292 passengers so far