The Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Anant Madhukar Chowdhary inspected the site of the October 11 accident on Saturday in Tamil Nadu's Kavaraipettai where the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express derailed after ramming into a stationary goods train.
Taking to X, Tami Nadu CM Stalin said, "I was shocked to know that there was a train accident in Kavaripettai, Tiruvallur district. As soon as the information was available, I ordered the Hon'ble Minister @Avadi_Nasar and other government officials including the District Collector to go t
The incident occurred around 8:30 pm on the Chennai-Gudur section between Ponneri and Kavaraippettai railway stations under Chennai division of South Western railway, leading to derailment of 12 coaches of the passenger train.
According to Bokaro RPF, two wagons of a goods train derailed and overturned while crossing between Tupkadih and Rajabera sections on Thursday morning.
Three railway employees have been arrested for conspiring to derail a train near Kim railway station by removing fishplates and keys from a railway track, police said.
A major tragedy was averted on Sunday after a 5-litre empty gas cylinder was found on the railway track in the Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Soon after spotting the cylinder on the track, the loco pilot promptly applied the brake to avert the incident.