Fire breaks out in 3 coaches of Silchar-Trivandrum Express at Silchar Railway Station in Assam
News | June 09, 2019 13:12 ISTFire breaks out in 3 coaches of Silchar-Trivandrum Express at Silchar Railway Station in Assam
Fire breaks out in 3 coaches of Silchar-Trivandrum Express at Silchar Railway Station in Assam
Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express derails: The railways has issued helpline numbers: 1072, 9454403738, 9454401463, 9454401075, 9454400384 and 0512- 23333111/112/113.
The coaches that derailed are: S8, S9, B1-B5, H1, A1, A2, pantry car and an SLR (seating cum luggage rake).
As a result of the accident, the inspection car was derailed and train movement via the down main line and the reversible line of the Howrah-Bandel section were blocked.
The train was on its way from Delhi to Kalka when the accident happened at 6:49 am.
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Images from the scene showed emergency services working to rescue people from badly damaged carriages.
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At least 58 people died and many more injured in the accident between Manawala and Ferozpur stations near Amritsar, when the train ran through the crowd that had assembled across the tracks to watch the Dussehra event.
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More than 50 people were killed and 72 injured Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers, who had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of a Ravana effigy, was run over by a train in Amritsar.
The Group is led by Health Minister Brahm Mohindra, with Revenue Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as members. The team has rushed to the accident site to assess and tackle the situation.
Amritsar train accident: The train was going from Jalandhar to Amritsar when the incident occurred at Joda Phatak.
Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who was the chief guest at the event, later talked to media at a hospital where injured were taken and said her priority was to ensure they receive proper treatment.
According to an eyewitness, the scenes were reminiscent of ones witnessed during the Partition of the country when millions of people lost their lives in violence.
Several people were mowed down by a passing train when they were standing across railway tracks in Amritsar to watch burning of a Ravana effigy as part of Dussehra celebrations.
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Shocking videos on the social media and television channels show the train crossing at full speed even as the Ravana effigy burns in the background.
The speeding train mowed down at least 50 revellers as it crushed and blew away anybody who came in its way. At least 300 people were at the spot watching 'Ravana dahan' at a ground near the tracks.
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