Monday, November 21, 2016

Toll in train derailment tragedy rises to 146

Toll in train derailment tragedy rises to 146

Kanpur/New Delhi:  The death toll in Sunday, November 20th 2016 ’s train derailment tragedy rose to 146 on Monday, 21st November 2016 as 25 more bodies were pulled out of the mangled coaches, officials said.
“The death toll of the Indore-Patna Express has gone up to 146,” North Central Railways spokesperson Vijay Kumar told .
“While 25 more bodies were taken out the mangled coaches, another person died at Regency hospital in Kanpur,” Kumar added.
The Railways official said that of the 179 injured many were discharged after first aid, while those seriously injured were still admitted in hospital.
The tragedy occurred when 14 coaches of the train went off the rails near Pukhrayan station, about 60 km from Kanpur city.
Rescue operations conducted by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) as well as the local police and the Army was called off by the Railways.
“The rescue operations were called off around 2 p.m. today (Monday),” Railways spokesperson Anil Kumar Saxena said at Delhi.
He also said that the rail tracks were also cleared. “The damaged coaches have been removed from the railway tracks,” Saxena added.
Earlier in the day, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said in the Lok Sabha that Railways has ordered a forensic probe to find the exact reasons of the rail accident.
“There shall be separate comprehensive investigation aided by latest technical and forensic analysis by an appropriate agency to look into all possible angles,” Prabhu said.

This was the worst train accident in the country after the May 2010 disaster in West Bengal involving Gyaneshwari Express in which some 170 people were killed.

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