India
pti-PTI
As
many
as
20
coaches
of
the
19168
Sabarmati
Express
passenger
train
derailed
near
Govindpuri
station
in
Kanpur
during
the
wee
hours
of
Saturday,
rail
officials
said.
There
is
no
report
of
any
loss
of
life
or
injury
in
the
accident.
North
Central
Railway
(NCR)
senior
public
relations
officer
Shashikant
Tripathi
told
PTI
that
the
accident
occurred
at
2.30
am.
at
the
site
of
the
Sabarmati
Express
train
derailment
between
Kanpur
and
Bhimsen
station
in
Uttar
Pradesh,
Saturday,
Aug.
17,
2024.
He
said
there
is
no
report
of
loss
of
life
or
property.
The
train
was
going
from
Varanasi
to
Ahmedabad.
Rescue
and
relief
operations
are
underway.
The
train
derailed
between
Kanpur
and
Bhimsen
railway
station.
“The
loco
pilot
said
that
some
boulder
hit
the
cattle
guard
(front
portion)
of
the
engine
which
got
badly
damaged
and
bent,” a
Railway
Board
official
said.
Railway
Board
officials
said
that
both
the
IB
and
UP
Police
are
probing
the
involvement
of
miscreants
or
anti-social
elements
as
prima
facie
it
appears
that
the
engine
hit
an
object
placed
on
track.
“We
found
a
foreign
material
near
the
16th
coach
of
the
train.
Looking
at
the
size
of
the
damaged
portion
of
cattle
guard
of
the
engine,
it
seems
that
the
engine
hit
this
foreign
object
and
derailed,” the
official
said.
“We
have
protected
the
evidence.
Both
IB
and
UP
Police
are
also
working
on
it,”
he
added.
The
official
also
said
that
on
same
track
at
1:20
am,
a
Patna-Indore
train
crossed
uninterrupted.
The
passengers
of
the
Sabarmati
Express
were
sleeping
when
the
train
stopped
after
a
loud
noise.
“Shortly
after
the
drain
departed
from
the
Kanpur
railway
station,
we
heard
a
loud
noise
and
the
coach
started
shaking.
I
got
very
scared
but
the
train
stopped,” one
of
the
passengers
Vikas
told
PTI
video.
Vikas,
who
boarded
the
train
from
Varanasi
and
was
headed
for
Ahmedabad,
said
that
the
train
was
moving
at
a
very
slow
speed
when
it
got
derailed.
As
the
train
halted,
the
passengers
started
pouring
out
of
their
coaches.
Majority
of
them
sat
near
the
railway
track
waiting
for
help
and
called
their
family
members
to
inform
them
about
the
incident.
“The
police
came
almost
an
hour
after
the
incident.
We
are
waiting
with
our
luggage
on
the
side
of
the
adjacent
railway
track,”
said
another
passenger.
Uttar
Pradesh
Relief
Commissioner
GS
Naveen
Kumar
said,
“Buses
have
been
arranged
for
the
passengers
along
with
alternative
arrangements
for
transportation
and
all
passengers
have
been
evacuated
from
the
spot.”
According
to
the
Railways,
seven
trains
have
been
cancelled
and
three
diverted
due
to
the
derailment.
Tripathi
said
that
buses
were
arranged
to
carry
passengers
from
the
accident
site
to
the
Kanpur
Railway
Station.
Besides,
an
eight
coaches
MEMU
train
departed
from
Kanpur
to
the
accident
site
to
carry
passengers
back
to
Kanpur
so
that
further
arrangements
can
be
made
to
send
them
to
their
respective
destinations,
Tripathi
said.
The
Railways
has
issued
the
following
helpline
numbers:-
Prayagraj:
0532-2408128,
0532-2407353,
Kanpur:
0512-2323018,
0512-2323015
Mirzapur:
054422200097
Etawah:
7525001249
Tundla:
7392959702
Ahmedabad:
07922113977
Banaras
City:
8303994411
Gorakhpur:
0551-2208088.
Besides,
the
following
helpine
numbers
for
Jhansi
Rail
Division
have
been
released
-:
Virangana
Lakshmibai
Jhansi
Jn)
-0510-2440787
and
0510-2440790.
Orai
-05162-252206,
Banda-05192-227543,
Lalitpur
Jn
–
07897992404.
