At least 70 people died, 350 injured after what this friday in east indiaand a passenger train derailed and a few wagons that capsized hit by another train traveling in the opposite directionAs reported by the Indian agency PTI citing official sources.
The accident occurred at around 19:20 (13:50 GMT) local time, near the station in the town of Bahanaga. odishaWhere rescue teams quickly continue to work to assist potential injured people still at the scene.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Railways, the accident occurred when the first passenger train derailed between the cities of Shalimar in Kolkata and Chennai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. A second train from Yeswanthpur in Bangalore to Howrah in Kolkata collided with it.
A third freight train was also involved in the accident.As reported by Odisha general secretary Pradeep Kumar to Indian television NDTV.
Images from the accident fifteen wagons fell on the tracksas rescuers try to cut through the wagons to help the people trapped inside.
Three teams from the National Disaster Response Force, four Odisha Disaster Emergency Action Force units, more than 15 firefighters, 30 paramedics, 200 police and 60 ambulances Adding that they have been mobilized to the region, Kumar said that despite the darkness, rescue operations will continue for the next few hours.
Odisha’s head of government, Naveen Patnaik, announced that he will be heading to the regional disaster management authority’s offices and the scene tomorrow to direct operations.
Ministry of Railways canceled more than a dozen trains Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has covered this rough section and diverted several people, while announcing compensation of more than $12,000 for the dead, about $2,500 for the seriously injured and $606 for the lightly injured.
This India’s worst rail crash since 2016A train derailment in the north of the country resulted in at least 138 deaths and 200 injuries in one of the country’s worst accidents in recent years.
train accidents common in india. According to the latest report from the National Criminal Records Bureau of India (NCRB), In 2020, 13,018 accidents occurred in which 11,986 people lost their lives. and 11,127 people were injured, 70% of accidents were caused by collisions.
The Indian railway network is 68,000 kilometers long.With 21,650 trains and 7,349 stations, it carries approximately 23 million passengers a day across the country, making it the fourth largest country in the world after the United States, Russia and China.