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Train mishap: President condoles loss of lives

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today condoled the loss of lives in the train accident in UP's Sant Kabir Nagar district as he expressed hope that the administration will take steps to help the affected. In

PTI Updated on: May 26, 2014 16:05 IST
train mishap president condoles loss of lives
train mishap president condoles loss of lives
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today condoled the loss of lives in the train accident in UP's Sant Kabir Nagar district as he expressed hope that the administration will take steps to help the affected. 

In a message to UP Governor B L Joshi, Mukherjee said, “I am saddened to learn about the train accident in which a number of persons lost their lives and some were injured near Khalilabad in Uttar Pradesh.

“I am sure that the state government and other agencies are taking necessary steps to provide urgent medical assistance to the injured and all possible aid to the bereaved families, who have lost their near and dear ones,” he said. 

20 passengers were feared killed as the Gorakhdham Express rammed into a stationary freight train in the district.

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