2 Killed, 20 Injured As 18 Coaches Of Howrah-Mumbai Mail Derail In Jharkhand; Rescue Ops On

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Officials said the accident took place around 80 km from Jamshedpur, under the Chakradharpur Division of the South Eastern Railway, when the passenger train collided with a derailed goods train on the same line

Two people were killed and at least 20 injured when 18 coaches of the Mumbai-Howrah Mail derailed in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district early on Tuesday. The railways announced Rs 10 lakh ex gratia for the kin of each deceased, Rs 5 lakh for those with major injuries, Rs 1 lakh for those with minor injuries.

According to the railway CPRO, rescue and relief operations have been completed. The injured have been admitted to hospitals in Phatepani and Seraikela.

Officials said the accident took place at 3.45 am near Barabamboo, around 80 km from Jamshedpur, under the Chakradharpur Division of the South Eastern Railway (SER). The passenger train approaching from the other side of the line collided with a derailed goods train, said a local administration official.

An SER spokesperson, Om Prakash Charan, said out of the 18 derailed coaches, 16 are passenger coaches, one power car and one pantry car.

Officials further said 80 per cent passengers have been sent to Chakradharpur station by bus and a rescue train has also reached the site to clear the rest of the passengers.

The SER cancelled a few express and passenger trains owing to the accident. These are the 22861 Howrah-Titlagarh-Kantabanji Express, 08015/18019 Kharagpur-Jhargram-Dhanbad Express, 12021/12022 Howrah-Barbil-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express, 18109 Tatanagar-Itwari Express and 18030 Shalimar-LTT Express.

Some other trains will be short-terminated or diverted, an official said. They are 18114 Bilaspur-Tatanagar Express which will be short terminated at Rourkela, 18190 Ernakulam-Tatanagar Express at Chakradharpur, 18011 Howrah-Chakradharpur Express at Adra and 18110 Itwari-Tatanagar Express at Bilaspur.

The SER has opened helpline numbers for passengers:

Howrah: 9433357920/03326382217

Shalimar: 6295531471/7595074427

Kharagpur: 03222293764

Ranchi: 06512787115

Tatanagar: 06572290324

Chakradharpur: 06587238072

Rourkela: 06612501072/06612500244

Jharsuguda: 06645-272530

Mumbai CSMT: 02222694040

Dadar: 9136452387

Kalyan: 8356848078