BREAKING NEWS | Kanchanjunga Express Train Accident | Bengal Train Accident Today पश्चिम बंगाल: दार्जिलिंग में बड़ी ट्रेन दुर्घटना, 8 लोगों के शव बरामद पढ़े पूरी खबर train accident today news : कोलकाता। पश्चिम बंगाल के दार्जिलिंग में सोमवार सुबह करीब नौ बजे एक बड़ी रेल दुर्घटना हुई है। एक मालगाड़ी ने सिग्नल पर खड़ी डाउन कंचनजंगा एक्सप्रेस (13174) को पीछे से टक्कर मार दी। ये ट्रेन सियालदह आ रही थी। हादसे में कंचनजंगा एक्सप्रेस के तीन डिब्बे बुरी तरह क्षतिग्रस्त हो गए। अब तक 8 लोगों के शव बरामद हुए हैं और कम से कम 30 लोगों के घायल होने की खबर है। ये संख्या और बढ़ सकती है।
रेल मंत्री अश्विनी वैष्णव ने कहा है कि नॉर्थ-ईस्ट फ्रंटियर जोन में हादसा दुखद है। रेस्क्यू ऑपरेशन युद्धस्तर पर जारी है। रेलवे, एनडीआरएफ और एसडीआरएफ मिलकर काम कर रहे हैं। घायलों को अस्पताल पहुंचाया जा रहा है और वरिष्ठ अधिकारी घटनास्थल पर हैं।
पश्चिम बंगाल की मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी ने कहा कि दार्जिलिंग के फांसीदेवा इलाके में एक रेल दुर्घटना के बारे में जानकर बहुत दुःख हुआ। राहत बचाव काम और लोगों को अस्पताल ले जाने के लिए डीएम, एसपी, डॉक्टर, एंबुलेंस और रेस्क्यू टीम घटनास्थल पर पहुंच गए हैं।
नॉर्थ फ्रांटियर रेलवे के प्रवक्ता सव्यसाची दे ने हिन्दुस्थान समाचार को बताया कि कंचनजंगा एक्सप्रेस सिक्किम के अगरतला से पश्चिम बंगाल के सियालदह जा रही थी। एक्सप्रेस ट्रेन सिलीगुड़ी के फांसीदेवा में रंगापानी स्टेशन के पास रुइधासा में रेड सिग्नल की वजह से रुकी हुई थी। इसी दौरान पीछे से आ रही मालगाड़ी ने टक्कर मार दी। हादसे में लोको पायलट की भी मौत की खबर है। आशंका है कि मालगाड़ी के पायलट ने सिग्नल को अनदेखा किया, जिसकी वजह से दुर्घटना हुई।
टक्कर कितनी जोरदार थी, इसका अंदाजा इसी बात से लगाया जा सकता है कि मालगाड़ी के इंजन पर एक्सप्रेस ट्रेन का एक डिब्बा हवा में लटक रहा है। अन्य दो डिब्बे बेपटरी हो गए हैं।
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At least 15 passengers died and 60 others were injured after three rear coaches of the stationary Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed on June 17 morning as a goods train collided with it in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit the train accident site in New Jalpaiguri to take stock of relief operations. The three rear compartments derailed under the impact of the collision from behind by the locomotive of the goods train near Rangapani station, about 30 kilometres from North Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri station. The toll could rise, as multiple agencies of the State and Centre were simultaneously working on a war footing along with locals to rescue passengers who could still be trapped inside. The deceased include the pilot and co-pilot of the goods train, a senior railway official said.
Puducherry CM expresses shock over train accident
Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy expressed shock and deep sorrow over the death of passengers in a train accident in West Bengal.
In a release, Mr. Rangasamy said, “The mishap is a matter of deep sorrow, and I am shocked over the incident leaving several passengers dead. I convey my grief to the bereaved families.” The Chief Minister also said that he is praying for the speedy recovery of the injured.
Tripura Government sending team to train accident site
The Tripura Government is sending a team to the Kanchanjunga train accident site in West Bengal to provide all possible help to the passengers from the State, an official said. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has spoken to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw over the accident and is personally monitoring the situation, State’s Home Secretary Pradip Kumar Chakravarty told reporters. The Tripura Home secretary said a two-member team from Kolkata’s Tripura Bhavan will leave for the accident site at Rangapani to extend all possible help to the possible victims from the State.
Odisha Governor, CM express grief
Odisha Governor Raghubar Das and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed grief over the death of 15 passengers in the Kanchanjungha Express train accident in neighbouring West Bengal. BJD president and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik has also expressed grief over the death of some passengers in the train accident.
Signal had been defective since 5.50 a.m.: report
The automatic signalling system between Ranipatra Railway Station and Chattar Hat Junction in West Bengal, where a goods train hit Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express in the rear, was defective since 5.50 in the morning, according to a railway source.
“Train No 13174 (Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express) departed Rangapani station at 8:27 a.m. and stopped between Ranipatra railway station and Chattar Hat due to automatic signalling failure from 5:50 a.m.,” the source told PTI.
According to another railway official, when the automatic signalling system fails, the station master issues a written authority called TA 912, which authorises the driver to cross all red signals in the section because of the defect. “The station master of Ranipatra had issued TA 912 to Train No 1374 (Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express),” the source said.
Sources said that an investigation alone can establish whether the goods train was also given TA 912 to cross defective signals at speed or if it was the loco pilot, who violated the defective signal norm. If it is the latter, the driver was supposed to stop the train for one minute at each defective signal and move on with 10 kmph speed. The loco pilot’s body has questioned the Railways’ statement that the driver violated the red signal.
- The collision near New Jalpaiguri happened because a goods train disregarded the signal and hit the Kanchanjungha Express, which was on way to Sealdah from Agartala, the Chairperson of the Railway Board has said.
- JUNE17,202414:26OPINION | Railway safety — listen to the voices from belowNothing focuses the nation’s collective attention on the Indian Railways as a major accident. The triple train collision at Bahanaga Bazar railway station, near Balasore in Odisha on June 2, which led to the tragic loss of over 280 lives, has evoked all the expected responses from various quarters: calls for the resignation of the Minister in charge of the Railways; collective breast beating and despair over where the Railways are headed; the sudden sprouting of ‘railway experts’ offering explanations as to how the accident occurred and remedial measures to prevent accidents in the future, and comparisons with Railway systems abroad. In short, there is an overwhelming sense of déjà vu.
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