Railways terminates 13 employees for Kalinga Utkal derailment
India | August 30, 2017 21:49 ISTThe action comes over 10 days after 14 coaches of the Kalinga Utkal Express derailed in Muzaffarnagar's Khatauli area
The action comes over 10 days after 14 coaches of the Kalinga Utkal Express derailed in Muzaffarnagar's Khatauli area
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today offered to quit, taking taking full responsibility for two train accidents in five days.
The audio clip clearly brings out the ‘negligence’ by the railway officials to be the primary reason for the derailment that left as many as 22 people dead and over 150 injured
Men and women, young and old, Hindus and Muslims... Khatauli rose as one when the Kalinga Utkal Express derailed with hundreds of people rushing to rescue passengers trapped in mangled coaches
The Indian Railways said on Monday traffic on the Meerut-Muzaffarnagar-Shaharanpur section in Uttar Pradesh where the Kalinga Utkal Express derailed has been restored.
The Indian Railways sent on leave its three top officials, suspended four and transferred one in the wake of Utkal Express derailment which appeared to have been caused by negligence.
Uttar Pradesh police has said it has found no proof of any terror outfit's involvement in the derailment of the Utkal Kalinga Express at Khatauli.
The S-2 coach suffered such a massive impact that all its wheels came off and it ended up dangling on the pantry car, with its one end ramming the facade of a house nearby
The development comes a day after the tragic incident left at least 22 passengers dead and over 150 injured when 14 coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Kalinga Utkal Express derailed at Khatauli, 25 km away from Muzaffarnagar
The Railways on Sunday indicated that negligence could be the reason behind the derailment of the Utkal Express, with a senior official saying that a a probe would ascertain if any maintenance work was being done on the tracks without permission
An unverified telephonic conversation apparently between two railway employees hints that "negligence" may have caused the derailment of Utkal Express in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar on Saturday.
The Indian Railways today put the death toll in the derailment of the Utkal Express near Khatauli in UP at 21 and said 97 passengers were injured.
There have been 586 train accidents in the last five years with the Utkal Express derailment on Saturday being the latest.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today directed senior officials to fix responsibility on "prima facie evidence by the end of day" into the derailment of the Utkal Express in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar.
The Indian Railways and Muzaffarnagar district authorities have launched helpline numbers to assist families of those affected in the Utkal Express derailment.
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