3RDLD ACCIDENT TWO LST

Banerjee announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh to the
next of the kin of the deceased. The seriously injured
passengers will receive Rs one lakh and those with minor
injuries will get Rs 10,000.
UP Agriculture Minister Laxminarain Choudhry also
announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the family of the
deceased besides a job.
Gas and foam cutters were used to extricate the trapped
passengers, including women and children, from the mangled
bogey.
The damaged coach of the Mewar Express was detached and
the train left with the passengers for Delhi about five hours
after the accident. Some of the passenges were also
accommodated in buses.
The rescue operations were carried out with the help of
the army.
All the trapped passengers have been extricated, Sri
Prakash, Member (Traffic) Railway Board said.
Giving an account of the mishap, a passenger of the Mewar
Express said, "There was a loud bang. We were suddenly thrown
out of our seats. People and luggage from the upper berths
fell on us and there was panic all around".
Train services were disrupted on this sector for
sometime.
One track has been cleared for train operations, Tripathi
said. PTI