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.
The operation of trains has been disrupted near point no. 67 of Narayanpur Anant yard of Sonpur division due to the derailment of four wagons of mechanical rake on Wednesday, said an official.
Twenty-five wagons of a goods train on Wednesday derailed in Mathura, said officials. Officers from the railway department along with the city police reached the spot upon receiving the information.
After three wagons of a goods train going from Bhopal to Itarsi, derailed between Misrod and Mandideep railway stations on Monday afternoon, Bhopal DRM (Divisional Railway Manager) Devashish Tripathi said that restoration work is underway and two coaches have been lifted and the traffic i
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath's statement follows an incident in Kanpur where the Kalindi Express avoided a major tragedy after a damaged LPG cylinder, along with several objectionable materials, was found near the railway track.
The train was coming from Indore and was heading towards Jabalpur Railway Station's platform number six. The incident happened at around 150 metres from the platform.
Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Rakesh Verma assessed the derailment site of the Sabarmati Express (Varanasi to Ahmedabad, train number 19168, in Kanpur Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning.
Amid the row over "reel" remarks, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MP Mahua Maji on Friday asked the Railways Ministry to fix the damaged railway tracks first and then the trains, days after the train derailments.