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  • Death toll in Bikaner-Guwahati train accident rises to 9, Railway Minister to visit site

    By PTI

    GUWAHATI: The death toll in the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train accident in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district has gone up to nine, a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) spokesperson said here on Friday.

    Three of the deceased are yet to be identified, she added.

    Twelve coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train had derailed and some of them capsized near Domohani in Jalpaiguri district on Thursday.

    NFR’s Chief Public relations Officer Guneet Kaur said the number of injured currently stands at 36.

    While 23 passengers are undergoing treatment at Super Specialty Hospital in Jalpaiguri, six are admitted to North Bengal Medical College and seven at Maynaguri Rural Hospital.

    She also said Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is scheduled to visit the accident site on Friday morning.

    The NFR general manager, Anshul Gupta, reached the spot at 12.08 am on Friday, and is supervising the restoration work of tracks for normalisation of train movement, she added.

    “Passenger relief operation at site is complete,” Kaur added.

  • Goods train derails in Chhattisgarh, affects passenger rail traffic movement

    By PTI

    BILASPUR: Eight wagons of a goods train derailed near Surajpur in Chhattisgarh on Sunday, affecting the movement of passenger rail traffic on the route, a railway official said.

    No casualty was reported in the incident, which took place at 2.54 am near Kamalpur railway station on Ambikapur-Anuppur railway route.

    Anuppur is located in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh The train was heading to Bilaspur after unloading goods in Ambikapur, located about 200 km from here, the official said.

    Due to the derailment, the movement of two trains was affected on this single line route, he said.

    The Durg-Ambikapur Express was stopped at Bishrampur railway station and its passengers were sent to their destination in a bus arranged by railway authorities.

    Besides, the Ambikapur-Jabalpur train, which was scheduled to leave from Ambikapur at 6.15 am, was delayed and will depart after the track restoration work is completed, the official said.

    The exact cause of the derailment will be known after an investigation, he added.