Six dead, 37 hurt as train to Delhi derails in Bihar
Kumod Verma, Debashish Karmakar & Ajay Pandey TNN
Patna/Hajipur:04.02.2019
At least six passengers died and 37 were injured when 11 coaches of the Delhi-bound Jogbani-Anand Vihar Seemanchal Express derailed at Sahadai Buzurg railway station near Hajipur, in Bihar’s Vaishali district, at 3.58 am on Sunday.
The accident site, around 50km from Patna, is a single-line section on the Barauni-Bachhwara-Hajipur route under Sonepur division of East Central Railway (ECR).
ECR officials said the coaches appeared to have derailed due to fractured rails. ECR chief PRO Rajesh Kumar said, “Rail fracture is common during winter. It is caused due to low temperature which damages tracks. The exact cause will be known after a probe by the commissioner of railway safety.”
Vaishali DM Rajiv Raushan said the deceased were identified as Sudarshan Das
(60), Ilcha Devi (60), Indra Devi
(65), Saida Khatoon (45), Ansaar Alam (21) and Shamshuddin Alam.
The DM said eight injured passengers were discharged from Sahadai Buzurg primary health centre while 29 others were admitted to the district Sadar hospital. “Seven of the 29 injured passengers were referred to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) and one was in the ICU as his condition was serious,” Raushan said.
ECR general manager L C Trivedi said the reason behind the accident would be ascertained only after a probe by the commissioner of railway safety (CRS). “The CRS has been directed to start the probe tomorrow. It will take 15 to 20 hours to restore traffic on this section as nearly 300 metres of track have been badly damaged due to the derailment. We have to first remove the damaged coaches from the tracks. The electric wires will then be repaired to run the trains,” the GM told TOI from the accident site.
The CPRO said 12 unaffected coaches of the ill-fated train, with 1,500 passengers, were brought to Danapur from where they were sent to Anand Vihar Terminal by a special train. “The railways is providing all facilities to affected passengers, including ticket refunds for those who did not wish to travel further,” he said.
“Railways, the district administration and six NDRF teams carried out the search and rescue operations. Several ambulances and medical teams were pressed into action to move the injured passengers,” he said.
Surprisingly, antisocial elements pelted stones at the police, officials, rescue workers and others at the accident site in the afternoon without provocation. One person sustained head injuries in the incident.
IN A MESS: ECR officials said the coaches appeared to have derailed due to fractured rails
Kumod Verma, Debashish Karmakar & Ajay Pandey TNN
Patna/Hajipur:04.02.2019
At least six passengers died and 37 were injured when 11 coaches of the Delhi-bound Jogbani-Anand Vihar Seemanchal Express derailed at Sahadai Buzurg railway station near Hajipur, in Bihar’s Vaishali district, at 3.58 am on Sunday.
The accident site, around 50km from Patna, is a single-line section on the Barauni-Bachhwara-Hajipur route under Sonepur division of East Central Railway (ECR).
ECR officials said the coaches appeared to have derailed due to fractured rails. ECR chief PRO Rajesh Kumar said, “Rail fracture is common during winter. It is caused due to low temperature which damages tracks. The exact cause will be known after a probe by the commissioner of railway safety.”
Vaishali DM Rajiv Raushan said the deceased were identified as Sudarshan Das
(60), Ilcha Devi (60), Indra Devi
(65), Saida Khatoon (45), Ansaar Alam (21) and Shamshuddin Alam.
The DM said eight injured passengers were discharged from Sahadai Buzurg primary health centre while 29 others were admitted to the district Sadar hospital. “Seven of the 29 injured passengers were referred to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) and one was in the ICU as his condition was serious,” Raushan said.
ECR general manager L C Trivedi said the reason behind the accident would be ascertained only after a probe by the commissioner of railway safety (CRS). “The CRS has been directed to start the probe tomorrow. It will take 15 to 20 hours to restore traffic on this section as nearly 300 metres of track have been badly damaged due to the derailment. We have to first remove the damaged coaches from the tracks. The electric wires will then be repaired to run the trains,” the GM told TOI from the accident site.
The CPRO said 12 unaffected coaches of the ill-fated train, with 1,500 passengers, were brought to Danapur from where they were sent to Anand Vihar Terminal by a special train. “The railways is providing all facilities to affected passengers, including ticket refunds for those who did not wish to travel further,” he said.
“Railways, the district administration and six NDRF teams carried out the search and rescue operations. Several ambulances and medical teams were pressed into action to move the injured passengers,” he said.
Surprisingly, antisocial elements pelted stones at the police, officials, rescue workers and others at the accident site in the afternoon without provocation. One person sustained head injuries in the incident.
IN A MESS: ECR officials said the coaches appeared to have derailed due to fractured rails
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