Kanpur train accident LIVE: Sealdah-Ajmer Express train derails, 2 coaches fall into canal; 2 dead, 65 injured
Kanpur: At slightest 2 people died and more than 65 were harmed after Sealdah-Ajmer Express crashed between Rura-Metha close Kanpur on Wednesday. Save and alleviation operations are in progress. Here are all the LIVE overhauls:-
Two (S5 and S6 of the fifteen crashed intruders had fallen in the nearby canal. SEE PIC
- Ministry of Railways issue helpline numbers for further help.
The Railways have issued the helpline numbers for Kanpur - 0512-2323015, 2323016, 2323018 and for Allahabad - 0532-2408149, 2408128.
- Rescue and help operations are on at the mischance spot with the area wellbeing division dispatching 14 ambulances and alleviation groups from Kanpur and Tundla
- "A safeguard group has raced to the spot and a therapeutic help prepare from Kanpur has additionally been sent to the mishap site. As of now we are concentrating on help and safeguard operations," Railway representative Anil Saxena said.
- Busses have likewise been utilized to drop the stranded travelers from the spot to Kanpur railroad station.
- Rail minister Suresh Prabhu tweets on save and alleviation operations of Sealdah-Ajmer prepare mischance
The accident occurred in Rura amongst Kanpur and Etawah
- Out of 15 coaches crashed, 13 were sleeper while two were general intruder
- Kanpur-Delhi rail course gravely hit because of prepare accident
- The incident occurred at 5:20 AM on Wednesday
- SP Rura and Kanpur Dehat DM at mishap spot: Daljeet Chaudhary (ADG Law and Order)
- 2 dead after 15 coaches of Sealdah-Ajmer Express prepare crashed close Kanpur (UP), affirms Zaki Ahmad, Kanpur IG
- Ex-gratia will be paid to harmed. All travelers are being given essential help to guarantee minimum burden: Rail serve Suresh Prabhu
- according to preparatory reports 15 mentors of the prepare got crashed. The initial 5 and last 3 mentors were in place: Anil Saxena, Indian Railways representative
- Rescue and alleviation operations in progress: Anil Saxena
- Thorough examination will be completed to discover the cause: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu