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Train accident ‘averted’ after stone slabs found on railway track in Bihar
A train accident was averted between Sathajagat and Dalsinghsarai railway stations near Samastipur in Bihar, a railway official said on Monday.
A train accident was averted between Sathajagat and Dalsinghsarai railway stations near Samastipur in Bihar, a railway official said on Monday.
“Two members of a railway patrolling team on Sunday found two stone slabs on the railway track between Sathajagat and Dalsinghsarai railway stations around 12.20am,” Eastern Railway spokesperson Arvind Kumar Rajak said in a statement.
“When the patrolmen tried to remove the cement slabs from the tracks, 3-4 persons, who were hiding, came out and abused the patrolmen. The patrolmen later told the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Government Railway Police (GRP) and police about it,” Rajak said.
“The engineering staff, along with RPF, GRP and police personnel reached the site at 1.22am and the track was made operational around 1.44am,” Rajak said.
Following timely information by the railway patrolmen, the Muzaffarpur-Bhagalpur Intercity Express set to pass from the same route was halted.
There have been three major train derailments in the last four months.
At least 41 people died and over 60 were injured on Sunday when nine coaches of Hirakhand Express derailed near Kuneru station, 24km from Rayagada in Odisha.
The train was on its way to Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh.
On November 20 last year, at least 149 people died and over 300 injured when 14 coaches of Patna-Indore derailed near Pukhraya, 50km from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
On December 28, at least two people were killed when the 15 coaches of Sealdeah-Ajmer express derailed near Rura station in Kanpur.
