The function to launch the project was attended by Director General of the Railway Health Services, V K Ramteke, General Manager of Northern Railways Shri Prakash, Chief Medical Director of Northern Railway R N Tripathi and members of Railway Unions.
Fog and negligence of the driver of the rear train are being reported as to being causes of the mishap.
Goyal lashed out at zonal general managers and said that they cannot hide behind the pretext of maintenance work to explain delays in train services, a senior railway ministry source said.
No casualties were reported though some passengers received minor injuries, an official said.
Railways have chalked out nine more routes for running similar trains.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the authorities were "not interested" and the people have been "left to suffer".
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