Train accidents in India: At least 4 coaches of the Sabarmati-Agra superfast practice derailed close to Madar railway station in Rajasthan’s Ajmer on the intervening night time of Sunday-Monday. Fortunately, there have been no reported casualties. However, the rail companies on the route have been affected on Monday (March 18) because the railways cancelled six trains and the route of two trains have been modified.
It is pertinent to say that practice accidents have been a matter of persistent concern. Despite substantial investments in modernization and security measures, incidents resembling derailments, collisions, and level-crossing accidents proceed to happen. In the final 5 years, India has seen many railway accidents which have resulted in big loss of life and property. Here are some of the major practice accidents that occurred in India:
List of Major practice accidents in India:
- Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, Odisha: Over 290 folks misplaced their lives and over 900 have been injured in a horrific triple practice crash in Odisha involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a items practice in Odisha on June 2, 2023.
- Andhra Pradesh practice collision: On October 29, 2023, a practice collision between the Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger practice and the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger practice in Andhra Pradesh left 14 passengers lifeless. According to the officers, the accident befell after one of the passenger trains overshot a sign.
- Bihar North East Express Derailment: On the night time of October 11, 2023, six coaches of the 12506 Anand Vihar Terminal-Kamakhya Junction North East Express derailed close to Buxar’s Raghunathpur Railway Station in Bihar in which 4 folks died whereas over 70 others have been injured.
- Lucknow-Rameshwaram Bharat Gaurav practice hearth: As many as 9 passengers died whereas 20 others have been injured after a hearth broke out in the Lucknow-Rameshwaram Bharat Gaurav practice which was halted close to the Madurai junction at round 5.15 am on August 25, 2023. According to the preliminary inquiry, it got here to the fore that the passengers had smuggled a gasoline cylinder on the practice and cooked in the coach, when the blaze erupted.
- At least 12 coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express derailed in the West Bengal area of Alipurduar, leaving 9 folks lifeless and 36 others injured on January 13, 2022,
- On August 23, 20217, 9 practice coaches of the Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Express derailed close to Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, inflicting at the very least 70 accidents.
- More than 20 folks have been killed and almost 60 others have been injured after 14 of the 23 coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express derailed in Muzaffarnagar on August 19, 2017.
