Two persons died and 20 sustained injuries after 4-5 coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed near Jhilahi Railway Station in Gonda, CPRO North Eastern Railway Pankaj Singh said.
Train 511 was travelling between Vorkuta in north-eastern Komi, above the Artic Circle, and the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a distance of around 5,000 kilometres.
Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not mentioning issues like NEET exam irregularities, Manipur violence and West Bengal train accident while addressing media persons outside the new Parliament building before taking oath as MP, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge said P
Tripura Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said that two persons from the state sustained injuries in the train accident in West Bengal that claimed 10 lives.
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.
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.