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| 30 Die as Train Derails Near Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, 50 People Injured
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| INDIA
, 20-March-2015
7:25:8 AM |
| Thirty people have died and over 50 were injured as two coaches of the Dehradun-Varanasi Janta Express derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district.
The accident took place around 9.30 on Friday morning as the train was coming to a stop at the Bachhrawan railway station - 30 km from Rae Bareli.
It was likely that there was a brake failure, news agency ANI quoted railway sources as saying. The engine overshot the signal, two compartments were derailed.
One of the coaches, which was a general compartment, has been crushed by the impact -- the rescue work took around 6 hours. The other was a guard compartment which is likely to have been vacant. If not for the vacant coach, the number of casualties would have been higher, officials told NDTV.
In a series of tweets, Railway Minister Suresh Parbhu said Railways has been prioritising safety as a "thrust area". An inquiry has been ordered into the incident, he also said.
This budget I focused on Safety as I feel saddened by loss of life and injuries to our valued passengers. We must modernise crumbling infra
Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) March 20, 2015
Neglect of past or limited budget resource can't be the reason for accidents, though it takes some time to neutralise past inaction we will
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