The National Disaster Relief Force and Quick Response Team have recovered 18 bodies so far and rescued three injured after an under-construction railway bridge collapsed in Mizoram's Aizwal district.
The Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Waltair Division, Saurab Prasad, inspected the diesel locomotive shed in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. He inspected various facilities at the Loco Shed, said officials.
The fire team of Motor Control Center (MCC) on Wednesday rescued a couple stuck in water under the railway bridge, industrial area Phase-1 in Chandigarh, officials said.
As India scripted history on Wednesday, with the Chandryaan-3 successfully performing a soft landing on the moon, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw congratulated the Indian scientists on their success.
"The bridge girder process was duly approved by IIT experts. A high-level inquiry committee has also been constituted to investigate the matter," railway officials said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister Relief Fund (PMMRF) to the next of kin of the deceased in the Aizawl railway bridge collapse.