Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slammed the Central government on Andhra Pradesh's train accident and said, where are your anti-collision devices which were meant to prevent these kinds of accidents?
Biswajit Sahu, Chief Public Relations Officer of East Coast Railway said that the rescue operation is over and the focus has now shifted to track restoration work.
As many as 33 trains were cancelled and six others rescheduled so far after two trains collided in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram leaving 13 dead, East Coast Railway officials informed on Monday.
"Frontal collisions between trains, derailment of compartments, helpless passengers trapped in coaches and succumbing to fate: this is becoming a most unfortunate repetitive trope!!," Mamata added.
Officials said that at least six people died when coaches derailed after Visakhapatnam-Ragada passenger train hit a Visakhapatnam-Ragada train travelling on the same route in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district on Sunday evening.
PM Narendra Modi on Sunday called upon Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and took stock of the situation in the wake of the train derailment between Alamanda and Kantakapalle section in Andhra Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called upon Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and took stock of the situation in the wake of the train derailment between Alamanda and Kantakapalle section in Andhra Pradesh.
Train services were restored on the Vanganai-Badlapur route in Uttar Pradesh after it was disrupted by the failure of Overhead Electric (OHE) Lines on the route, an official from the Central Railways said.