Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway on Friday visited the site at Dibalong area in Dima Hasao district and took stock the situation on Friday after 8 coaches of Agartala-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) Express derailed at Diblong station on Thursday.
"All the passengers have been evacuated...Food and water have also been arranged for the passengers. Relief and restoration work is underway. We are hoping that the situation will return to normal soon," he said.
The Southern Railways said that train traffic on mainline was resumed in record time after the Kavaraipettai train accident with the down (DN) line restored.
This comes after 12-13 coaches of the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express derailed after a collision with a goods train on Friday. As many as 19 people sustained injuries, but no fatalities were reported.
The Southern Railways said that the train traffic in the section was restored "in record time" on Saturday after the October 11 accident in Tamil Nadu's Kavaraipettai where the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express derailed after ramming into a stationary goods train.
An investigation team arrived at the Kavaraipettai Railway Station in Tamil Nadu on Saturday as part of the probe following the October 11 accident where the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express derailed after ramming into a stationary goods train.
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.