At least 19 killed as 2 trains derail in central India

“Simultaneously, on the other track, the engines and coaches of the Janata Express also got derailed”. So the last bogies of Kamayani Express got derailed.

Bhopal Railway PRO said that over 250 passengers were rescued so far. A relief train carrying Collector, SP, doctors and other railway staff has left for the accident site from Itarsi.

Kamayani Express, which runs between Mumbai’s Lokmanya Tilak Terminus station to Varanasi Junction in Uttar Pradesh, was derailed around midnight near Khiriya village in Harda district, about 160 km from here, Superintendent of Police Prem Babu Sharma told IANS.

Saksena said at least two coaches had been partially submerged in a river.

Meanwhile, rescue operations continued even as several passengers were feared trapped in water after coaches of both the train plunged into the river. Mittal also said that the passengers will be taken to the destination locations via special trains from Itarsi.

Two passenger trains derailed after flash floods struck a bridge they were crossing in central India, killing up to 27 people in the latest deadly accident on the nation’s crumbling rail network. Trying our best (sic), ” Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu posted on Twitter. Darkness, water creating hurdles but ordered all possible help. Dozens of trains have been blocked from moving due to the accident.

A couple of bogies fell into the Kali Machak river when this train too derailed at the same spot, said the railway official.

“Rescue operations are on and the toll could increase”, an official told Bureaucracy Today. Railway workers will soon start repairing the tracks so traffic can resume. He said though prime facie flash floods led to the derailment of the two trains, the real cause will be ascertained after submission of the inquiry report. He said, everything that is necessary and possible is being done and he is in constant touch with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and Railway officials.