Repeating the previous incidents, seven coaches of the Howrah-Jabalpur-Shaktipunj Express have derailed in Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh. “The accident occurred at around 6:25 AM and we have already cleared out the site,” Railway ministry spokesperson Anil Saxena said. “All passengers were put on the remaining coaches and by 7:28 AM all of them had left the spot. All of them are safe and no one was injured in the accident,” he said.
The train was running at a speed of about 40 km/hr which, officials say prevented any injuries when the incident occurred.
This is the third such derailment in the state in less than a month.
The Congress has lashed out at new Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, who took over in the recent cabinet reshuffle from Suresh Prabhu, who had offered to step down taking “moral responsibility for the accidents.” The Congress also claimed that 27 major accidents had taken place since Narendra Modi took office in May 2014 and six major accidents had occurred in Uttar Pradesh alone in the past year-and-a-half.
“Indian Railways no longer safe. New Minister, same old derailments,” the Congress tweeted on its official handle.
On August 19, the Utkal Express had derailed in Muzaffarnagar district, killing 22 people and injuring 156. About 100 passengers were wounded when 10 coaches of Kaifiyat Express train derailed after crashing into a dumper which strayed on to the tracks in Auraiya district on August 23. ?
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