The railways was not intimated about a Dussehra event along the tracks that led to the deaths of at least 61 people in Amritsar.
It may come as a surprise to many, but Indian Railways under Mamata Banerjee has witnessed a marked improvement in its safety performance than what was recorded during the tenure of her predecessor, Lalu Prasad.
The injured, two of them seriously hurt, have been admitted at the Bangad Hospital in Pali, they said, adding the incident led to the disruption of traffic on the route with nearly two dozen trains cancelled or diverted.
Taking advantage of the indifference of passengers, the Indian Railways routinely indulges in several unfair trade practices, says S Pushpavanam.
Ten people were killed and 39 injured, 15 of them seriously, in three accidents involving five passenger trains in Uttar Pradesh amid dense fog and near zero visibility conditions early on Saturday.
The devastating collision, involving two passenger trains and a freight train, took the lives of at least 275 people and caused injuries to over 1100 others in Balasore. This tragic incident has had a profound impact across India.
Mumbaikars, especially the office-goers, heaved a sigh of relief as the train services were restored.
Rattled by a series of train accidents, the Railways plan to install a device to prevent collisions, Railway Minister Nitish Kumar said on Wednesday.
Indian roads are far more unsafe than its railways. A sense of urgency is required to tackle India's embarrassing record on road safety.
'The prime minister can think of bullet trains and speed, but cannot think of special measures to save these magnificent creatures.'
'Look at the response of the railway minister to the question why he was still in Delhi after the fire on Tamil Nadu Express. He said, I don't live in Chennai. This response was at 3 pm, and the accident happened early in the morning. There are at least four flights in the morning from Delhi and he was so callous in his response,' consumer rights activist S Pushpavanam tells Shobha Warrier
Railways on Wednesday said the sudden flow of water on the tracks caused the derailment of the two trains while they were crossing the swollen Machak river near Harda in Madhya Pradesh.
Only a small percentage of passengers who traveled on the trains involved in the June 2, 2023 accident in Odisha had availed of travel accident insurance while booking their tickets online on the IRCTC portal.
The train, operated by the West Japan Railway Company, was carrying was carrying 580 passengers, mainly commuters and schoolchildren.
The jawan said he used his mobile phone light to locate hurt and trapped passengers and took them to safety.
Congress, which is an ally of the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, on Monday questioned the recurrence of train accidents and said the railway ministry was not safe in the hands of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's party.
The derailment of the Lokmanya Tilak Gyaneshwari Super Deluxe Express in West Midnapore district, which left at least 75 passengers dead on Friday, threw up a number of contradictions on what caused the mishap. Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, who flew to the accident spot in a helicopter, said the derailment was caused by a bomb blast and indicated that Maoists were behind it.
Four gangmen were killed on Friday when they were run over by a local train between suburban Kurla and Vidyavihar stations.
The twin-train derailments within minutes of each other that killed 25 people in Madhya Pradesh on August 5, 2015, is being blamed on flash floods. S Pushpavanam wonders if that is the only reason.
The collision caused a minor dent to the train's front panel.
8 bogies of Mahakaushal Express derail in UP, 52 injured.
Details of railway accidents can from now on be obtained from any part of the country by dialling telephone no 1072.
There seemed to be some negligence on the part of the contractor, police said.
'Had it collapsed on the railway tracks a major disaster could have occurred if a train arrived at that time'
Six children were on Thursday killed and eight others injured when a school van was hit by a Varanasi-bound passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing in Mau district.
Ranajit Giri, Biprada Bag, Asha Behera and Ashok Bera, all residents of Bahanaga Bazaar station area in Balasore district where the crash took place, were among the first to rescue the injured.
The Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced her ministry will follow a twin strategy of adopting the highest level of technology and pressing into force well-trained manpower, as emphasised in Vision 2020 for safety and security.
The opposition has been critical of the Centre's handling of the situation, accusing it of not doing enough to ease the hardships of the migrant workers, many of whom have lost their jobs during the lockdown which started on March 25.
Rail Budget caters to all sections of the society and showcases a vision to reorganise and rejuvenate the national transporter
The Indian Railways needs the return of the influential and well-heeled customer for its revival, if not survival.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday ordered a probe into the freak accident at Churchgate Station in Mumbai wherein a local train crashed into the dead end, injuring five passengers and disrupting suburban services on the Western Railway line.
Western Railway scored an exciting 4-3 victory over former champions Punjab Police to enter the semi-finals of the Bombay Gold cup hockey
Auxiliary warning system, cab-signalling device, centralised traffic control system are some of the state-of-the-art measures that are being considered to enhance safety measures in India
Vaishnaw said that the actual reason behind the accident could be ascertained only after dismantling the engine's equipment.
Incessant rains apparently caused cracks in the bridge, resulting in its collapse, an official said.
The jottings on torn pages of a diary with sketches of elephants, fish and sun on the other side, were probably written during the leisure time of a passenger whose identity is not known as yet.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar said out of the 162 bodies kept at the institute, 80 bodies have been handed over to the families of deceased persons while 82 other remain unidentified.
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