Commissioner Railway Safety North Eastern Circle to Inquire Into Train Accidents in U.P

Commissioner Railway Safety North Eastern Circle to Inquire into Train Accidents in U.P. By : INVC Team Published On : 4 Jan, 2010 08:18 AM IST

INVC,, The First Accident took place at 08.05 Hrs near Etawah in which 4006 New Delhi-Sitamarhi Lichchavi Express collided from behind with the 2402 New Delhi -Islampur Magadh Express. As a result of this accident, the rear passenger- cum- luggage cum- guard (SLR) coach of Magadh Express got derailed. Only the driver of the Lichchavi Express received simple injury and all the passengers of both the trains were safe .

In the second accident, 2556 Bhiwani-New Delhi -Gorakhpur Gorakhdam Express collided from behind with 2418 New Delhi -Allahabad Prayagraj Express,at Panki near Kanpur at 09.00 Hrs. As a result of this accident, three rear coaches of Prayagraj Express got derailed. Two of the coaches were ordinary second class general coaches while third was passenger-cum-luggage –cum- guard (SLR) coach. . Ten Persons died and 42 passengers injured, out of them 19seriously . The injured were admitted in diﬀerent Hospitals in Kanpur.

The relief trains and the medical relief trains were rushed to the site from Kanpur and Tundla alongwith the senior oﬃcials of the railways. Minister of RailwaysKumari Mamata Banerjee has been continuously monitoring the situation since morning. She directedSenior oﬃcials of Railway Board namely Member (Mechnical) Shri Parveen Kumar, Member (Electrical) Shri Sudesh Kumar and Director- General (Railway Health Services) Dr. V.K. Ramteke to rush to the site to supervise the relief operations.

The Minister expressed her deep condolences to the families of those who died in the accident. The Railway Minister also announced an increased amount of ex-gratia payments to the victims of the accidents. In case of death the amount announced is Ra 5 lakh. In case of grievous injury, the amount is Rs 1 lakh and Rs. 10,000/- in case of simple injury. An inquiry has also been ordered into the accidents which will be conducted by Shri P.K. Vajpayee, Commissioner of Railway Safety, North-East Circle, Lucknow, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India.

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