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One killed, 22 injured as Amrapali express derails in Bihar
Khagaria (Bihar), Oct 8 (PTI) One passenger was killed
and 22 others were injured, including one seriously, when an
engine and six bogies of the Amrapali Express jumped off the
tracks near Pasraha station in Bihar's Khagaria district late
Wednesday.
The Amritsar-Katihar Express train carrying over 500
passengers derailed at around 11.45 pm Wednesday at a place
near Pasraha station where a ditch was formed due to water
logged alongside the down line, East Central Railway sources
said here in the eastern state.
Chief Public Relations Officer, East Central Railway,
Dilip Kumar said Puran Singh (22), a resident of Purnia, died
on the spot while 22 others, including a woman, suffered
injuries.
Of the injured, 21 were given first aid on the spot, and
the woman, Shanti Devi, who suffered head injuries, was taken
to a hospital at Khagaria for surgery, Kumar said.
The district authorities, including the superintendent
of police, reached the spot and launched operations to rescue
the trapped passengers inside the strayed bogies including
five were sleeper coaches, Kumar said.
A special train was soon rushed from Barauni to ferry
other passengers to Katihar in the wee hours Thursday, he
said, adding, all the passengers were pulled out from the
bogies.
The Railways provided an ex-gratia of Rs 15,000 to the
bereaved family of Puran Singh and Rs 5,000 to the woman, the
officials said.
Divisional Railway Manager, Sonepur Division, R K
Agarwal, said two accident relief trains from Sonepur and
Katihar each and several railway officials, including AGM
(ECR), Hajipur, reached the spot soon after the mishap.
Kumar said the Commissioner of Railway Safety (Eastern
Circle) under the Civil Aviation Ministry would probe the
mishap.
Train services in the Barauni-Katihar section of the ECR
were badly affected. While some local trains were cancelled,
16 long-distance trains were diverted through Barauni and
Katihar.
Meanwhile, repairing works continued on a war footing to
clear up the blocked line due to the derailment, by Thursday
evening, he said. PTI AJK
JVN
and 22 others were injured, including one seriously, when an
engine and six bogies of the Amrapali Express jumped off the
tracks near Pasraha station in Bihar's Khagaria district late
Wednesday.
The Amritsar-Katihar Express train carrying over 500
passengers derailed at around 11.45 pm Wednesday at a place
near Pasraha station where a ditch was formed due to water
logged alongside the down line, East Central Railway sources
said here in the eastern state.
Chief Public Relations Officer, East Central Railway,
Dilip Kumar said Puran Singh (22), a resident of Purnia, died
on the spot while 22 others, including a woman, suffered
injuries.
Of the injured, 21 were given first aid on the spot, and
the woman, Shanti Devi, who suffered head injuries, was taken
to a hospital at Khagaria for surgery, Kumar said.
The district authorities, including the superintendent
of police, reached the spot and launched operations to rescue
the trapped passengers inside the strayed bogies including
five were sleeper coaches, Kumar said.
A special train was soon rushed from Barauni to ferry
other passengers to Katihar in the wee hours Thursday, he
said, adding, all the passengers were pulled out from the
bogies.
The Railways provided an ex-gratia of Rs 15,000 to the
bereaved family of Puran Singh and Rs 5,000 to the woman, the
officials said.
Divisional Railway Manager, Sonepur Division, R K
Agarwal, said two accident relief trains from Sonepur and
Katihar each and several railway officials, including AGM
(ECR), Hajipur, reached the spot soon after the mishap.
Kumar said the Commissioner of Railway Safety (Eastern
Circle) under the Civil Aviation Ministry would probe the
mishap.
Train services in the Barauni-Katihar section of the ECR
were badly affected. While some local trains were cancelled,
16 long-distance trains were diverted through Barauni and
Katihar.
Meanwhile, repairing works continued on a war footing to
clear up the blocked line due to the derailment, by Thursday
evening, he said. PTI AJK
JVN
