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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