HIRAKHAND TRAIN ACCIDENT
ആന്ധ്രയില് ട്രെയിന്പാളം തെറ്റി
At least 32 people were killed and 54 injured after
Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express derailed in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram
district, officials said today. The incident took place around 11.30 pm when
the train was going from Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) to Odisha capital
Bhubaneswar. Rescuers battled to pull survivors from the wreckage of the train
crash, an official said. The government officials as well as emergency workers
worked through the night in a bid to locate survivors, a senior railway
official said. Thirteen of the train's 22 coaches were unaffected in the
incident. Rail traffic on the coast line has been suspended. The train was
travelling from Jagdalpur city to Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha state,
when it came off the track nearly 160 kilometres (100 miles) from
Visakhapatnam, the nearest city to the accident site.
1.
Services were affected
on Rayagada and Vizianagaram route, with at least three trains cancelled and
eight others diverted. 13 unaffected coaches left for Rayagada and they will
proceed to Bhubaneswar via Sambhalpur-Angul route. If necessary, extra coaches will
be added at Rayagada, Chief PRO of East Cost Railway JP Mishra said.
2.
Railway Minister
Suresh Prabhu, who is on his way to the accident site, has announced
compensation of Rs. 2 lakh each for the kin of those killed and Rs. 50,000
for injured, a railway official said.
3.
Not ascertaining the
cause for the derailment, JP Mishra, a spokesman for East Coast Railways, said
the case was under investigation and would not "rule out any angle
including sabotage." A senior railway official will conduct a detailed inquiry
into the train accident and submit the report at the earliest, Railway
spokesperson Anil Saxena said.
4.
"The tragedy is
saddening", tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adding, "The
Railway Ministry is monitoring the situation very closely and is working to
ensure quick rescue and relief operations."
5.
Television footage
showed a line of carriages lying on their sides as rescuers in neon orange
safety vests and helmets tried to pull out passengers through the windows while
locals gathered to help with at the rescue effort. Other images showed injured
victims on hospital beds and stretchers, with their limbs swathed in bandages.
6.
Railways have tied up
with local bus service providers to arrange for transport. Five buses have
already been arranged to take the passengers towards Palasa and Berhampur
areas. Over 10 ambulances have been deployed to take the injured to hospital.
7.
The latest deadly
incident comes two months after 146 people were killed when a passenger train
was derailed in Kanpur. Last month, 15 coaches of Sealdah-Ajmer Express had
derailed while crossing a bridge over a dry canal near Rura, around 70 km from
Kanpur; two of the coaches fell into the canal bed. Two persons were killed and
at least 26 injured.
8.
The central government
led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to invest $137 billion over
five years to modernise the crumbling railways, making them safer, faster and
more efficient.
9.
The government has
signed numerous deals with private companies to upgrade the ageing network.
Japan has agreed to provide $12 billion in soft loans to build India's first
bullet train, though plans remain in their infancy.
: ആന്ധ്രാപ്രദേശിലെ
വിസിനഗരം ജില്ലയില് ട്രെയിന്
പാളം തെറ്റി 32 യാത്രക്കാര്
മരിച്ചു. 54പേര്ക്ക്
പരിക്കേറ്റു. പരുക്കേറ്റവരില് നാല്
പേരുടെ നില ഗുരുതരമാണ്.
ജഗ്ദല്പൂര്-ഭുവനേശ്വര്
ഹിരാഖണ്ഡ് എക്സ്പ്രസ്സാണ്(18448) പാളം
തെറ്റിയത്.ശനിയാഴ്ച്ച രാത്രി
11മണിക്കാണ് അപകടമുണ്ടായത്. കനേരു
സ്റ്റേഷന് സമീപത്തുവെച്ചാണ്
ട്രെയിന് പാളം തെറ്റുന്നത്.
ട്രെയിനിന്റെ എഞ്ചിനും ഏഴു
കോച്ചുകളും പാളം തെറ്റുകയായിരുന്നു.
അപകടത്തില്പ്പെട്ട കോച്ചുകളില്
യാത്രക്കാര് കുടുങ്ങിക്കിടക്കുന്നതിനാല്
മരണസംഖ്യ ഇനിയും ഉയരാനാണ്
സാധ്യത.പരിക്കേറ്റവരെ ആശുപത്രിയിലേക്ക്
മാറ്റി. രക്ഷാപ്രവര്ത്തനത്തിനായി
റെയില്വേയുടെ നാല്
റിലീഫ് വാനുകള് സ്ഥലത്തെത്തിയിട്ടുണ്ട്.
ഡോക്ടര്മാരുടെ സേവനം
അപകടസ്ഥലത്ത് ലഭ്യമാണ്. അപകടത്തെ
തുടര്ന്ന് ഒട്ടേറെ
ട്രെയിനുകള് വഴിതിരിച്ചുവിട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്.
Prof. John Kurakar
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