A bull calf knocked down an 82-year-old man after it was hit by a semi-high velocity Vande Bharat Express train. Representational picture
| Photo Credit: H. Vibhu
In a wierd accident, a bull calf hit by a semi-high velocity Vande Bharat Express train was thrown into the air and knocked down an 82-year-old man, killing him immediately, close to Alwar railway station in Rajasthan on Wednesday. The calf additionally died on the spot.
The deceased, Shiv Dayal Sharma, was a retired railway worker in the electrical division, and was standing about 30 meters from the collision spot.
The accident comes per week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had flagged off the Delhi to Ajmer train, which is the world’s first semi-high-speed passenger train on high-rise overhead electrical (OHE) territory.
Since 2019, there have been over one lakh situations of cattle run over by trains, in keeping with official numbers obtainable with the Indian Railways. In 2019-20, there have been 27,057 situations which diminished to 19,960 situations in 2020-21. In 2021-22, these incidences elevated to twenty-eight,727 circumstances. In 2022-23, till January 23, there have been already 26,180 situations.
To stop such collisions, Indian Railways is now toying with the thought of fencing railway tracks alongside the 622-km Mumbai–Ahmedabad stretch. The venture that prices almost ₹245.26 crore started in January earlier this yr, Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnav had mentioned.
In October final yr, two circumstances of cattle hit, one at Atul railway station and one other at Anand railway station, each in Gujarat had been registered. In case of the Atul accident, the nostril of the train had suffered extreme harm then.
“In the current incident the train got a few scratches and continued its run without stopping,” public relations officer of North-Western Railway mentioned.
Also, in Uttar Pradesh sure stretches beneath North Central Railway are susceptible to cattle hits and Mr. Vaishnaw had talked about constructing a 1,000-km lengthy boundary wall.
