Tripura Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury informed that as many as 67 retired police officers of the state will be recruited on a contractual basis for deployment in immigration duties at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala, Indo-Bangla International Railway Station, and Immigration Ch
Train services resumed on Tuesday on the downline of the accident-affected site between Rangapani and Chatterhat stations under the Katihar division of the North-Frontier Railways, said Sabyasachi De, the Chief Public Relations Officer of Indian Railways.
Chief Public Relations Officer Eastern Railway, Kausik Mitra claimed that the loco pilot of the goods train ignored the signal, causing Kanchenjunga Express train accident.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday that the first train arrived in Jammu and Kashmir for the first time in 1972 but took more than 50 years for the rail track to get extended.
A passenger, who was travelling on the Kanchenjunga Express at the time of the accident on June 17, filed a complaint against the loco pilot and co-loco pilot of the goods train.
Train services resumed on Tuesday in the railway line in the Phansidewa area of the Darjeeling district where the Kanchenjunga Express train met with an accident on Monday, killing 8 people and leaving around 25 people injured.
The accident took place in the Phansidewa area of Darjeeling district on Monday. At least eight people died and over 25 people were injured in the accident.
Kanchanjungha Express, which was hit by a goods train and claimed eight lives, arrived at its destination station, Sealdah in Kolkata, in the early hours of Tuesday after the completion of restoration work.
"This is not the time for politics... Being a CM, Mamata Banerjee claiming that she has introduced the anti-collision device is absolutely ridiculous...," Majumdar said speaking to ANI on Monday.