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The Kamayani Express, headed for Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh from Mumbai, derailed at Kudwa near Harda town, Madhya Pradesh 160 kms away from capital Bhopal, shortly before midnight.The Janata Express, going from patna to mumbai also derailed at the same spot after sometime.
As per news reports,At least 31
people died including 10 women and 5 children and 25 were injured in the accident. This could be higher but not yet confirmed.
As per recent reports,one of the Survivors said few people might have been washed away by the flooded machak river.
.Harda district public relations officer Vitthal Maheshwari said 31 people were killed, including 10 women and five children.
As reported by HT,The chairman of the Railway Board, AK Mittal, said on Wednesday that the derailment of the two trains near Harda in Madhya Pradesh may have been caused by a sudden flash flood. Mittal said that ten minutes before the unfortunate tragedy, spot train movement was absolutely normal, and there was no inkling about the accident taking place.
An inquiry was ordered into the incident and the commissioner of railway safety (central zone) will conduct the probe.
The railways announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the next of the kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 to those who sustained serious injuries.
Due to darkness and heavy rain,rescue operations also took time,
As reported by HT,Recounting the horror,Manoj Mongi, a survivor from Muzaffarnagar who was travelling in Kamayani Express, said: "I was sleeping and suddenly I felt a jolt...I came out. I saw three women floating, but could not save them."
Tax consultant Shashi Bhushan Pandit, another passenger, said: "The water level on the track was almost waist-high. The current was swift...I cannot say how many people are trapped."
Though the exact reason for the derailments is not yet known, railway officials said heavy rains in the past few days might have damaged railway tracks.
"There was water on the tracks and the bridge was submerged. So, the last bogies of Kamayani Express got derailed. Simultaneously, on the other track, the engines and coaches of the Janata Express also got derailed," railway spokesperson Anil Saxena said.
As per News Reports, some bogies of Kamayani Express fell into the Kali machak river but it has not yet been confirmed.
"However, we are not taking chances and have alerted army units in Bhopal and Mhow. We have requested the defence ministry for help from army too. Teams of National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force have left for the spot," he told HT.
As the news of the accident broke, railways minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted: "Rushing emergency medical & other relief personnel to spot. darkness, water creating hurdles but ordered all possible help. Trying our best.
"Local villagers, Admn r also in rescue operation. Everything that's necessary and possible being done. Constant in touch with CM MP & Rail off ."
Traffic on both up and down lines came to a halt after the accident.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweeted about the accident, offering condolences to families of the victims and providing regular updates on the rescue operations.
Helpline numbers:
Harda: 9752460088
Itarasi: 07572- 241920
Bhopal: 0755-4001609
Bina: 07572-241920
Itarasi: 07572- 241920
Bhopal: 0755-4001609
Bina: 07572-241920
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News & Image Source- HT
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