Restoration of the railway strains at Kavaraipettai close to right here the place the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati categorical derailed after ramming right into a items prepare on Oct 11 night time, has been intensified, and the part with 4 strains will probably be restored by early morning of October 13, the railway stated on Saturday. The railway authorities have been racing in opposition to time to finish the work and restore rail site visitors within the part.
Assisted by senior officers of Southern Railway, Commissioner of Railway Security, Southern Circle, Bengaluru, A M Chowdhary initiated a radical inspection of the monitor, factors and blocks, indicators, station digital interlocking programs, management panels and different vital security, sign and operational facets, Chief Public Relations Officer, Southern Railway, M Senthamil Selvan, stated in a launch right here. The Prepare No 12578 Mysuru – Darbhanga Bagmati Specific collided with a stationary items prepare at Kavaraipettai round 8.30 pm on October 11 and derailed.
Instantly after the accident the southern railway and Tamil Nadu authorities equipment swung into motion to douse the flames of a blazing coach and in rescuing the passengers. The passengers had been transported by buses to Ponneri after which to Chennai Central by two EMU specials. Over 1,800 passengers of the accident-hit prepare left for respective vacation spot and to Darbhanga by a particular prepare earlier within the day from Central Railway station right here.
“After all of the passengers arrived, they had been boarded onto the passenger particular in direction of Darbhanga, through Arakkonam, Renigunta and Gudur,” a launch right here stated. The passengers had been supplied with meals packets and water and the particular prepare left at 4.45 am, it stated.
A high-level enquiry has been ordered into the incident, and at current the work to revive the monitor on the accident spot was occurring in full swing, the railway authorities stated.
“It was not speculated to cease right here (Kavaraipettai station), so it was to go by way of it. After leaving Chennai, inexperienced indicators got for this prepare. The driving force was following the indicators appropriately, however the prepare ought to have taken the primary line. As a substitute, it took the loop line on the change, which is the place the error occurred,” R N Singh, Basic Supervisor of Southern Railway, stated.
The explanations for this had been a matter of investigation. Seven to eight folks have suffered accidents, and there aren’t any casualties, Singh informed reporters. Earlier, earlier than boarding the particular prepare, the passengers of the Darbhanga categorical had been screened by the railway medical doctors at a medical camp held on the Central station. In the meantime, the southern railway has rescheduled trains passing by way of this part.
Monitor restoration work on the accident spot was occurring in full swing and the Basic Supervisor and Extra Basic Supervisor, Southern Railway, and Principal Heads of departments and different officers of railways are at web site overseeing the work, a launch right here stated.
Terming the collision as “an unlucky incident” the railway stated of the 4 strains at Kavaraipettai, the UP line and UP Loop line had been anticipated to be restored tonight whereas two different strains had been anticipated to be restored by early morning tomorrow. The important thing companies, together with the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive (NDRF), Tamil Nadu Fireplace and Rescue Providers Division, state police, RPF, and GRP personnel who’ve been mobilised for the rescue operations, had been actively working on the web site. Greater than 500 personnel are on the bottom, contributing to the rescue effort. To make sure easy and fast execution of labor, the Southern Railway has deployed 5 heavy earth movers, 3 JCBs, 140-ton crane (2 numbers) from Tondiarpet Heavy Obligation Re-railing tools for re-railing the derailed coach. 5 medical reduction groups led by Extra Divisional Medical Officers, Chief Nursing Superintendent, hospital assistants, pharmacists and different paramedical workers had been on the web site. Some coaches had been re-railed whereas different coaches which couldn’t, had been faraway from the mainline monitor to facilitate the restoration of the monitor.
In the meantime, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin visited the injured passengers present process therapy on the Stanley hospital right here and consoled them.
Recalling the accident in Tiruvallur district final night time, a passenger stated, “We had been on the prepare when all of a sudden there was a loud noise, and nobody understood what had occurred.” “After about 5 minutes, once we appeared outdoors, we noticed the prepare had overturned, and there was full chaos. Some coaches had been on hearth, and others had derailed. We shortly went to a close-by native station. We’re secure and unhurt,” he stated. In line with a launch from the state authorities, the primary seven coaches of the passenger prepare derailed because of the influence of the collision. “A fireplace broke out in one of many coaches and it was put out. There was no lack of life on this accident,” it stated.
Three coaches of the freight prepare had been broken. Three hearth tenders had been pressed into service to place out the flames and to rescue the passengers. As well as, 28 ambulances and three medical groups had been additionally concerned in rescue work on the accident web site.
Studying concerning the accident, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin directed Minister Nasser, Tiruvallur district collector, and police officers to contain in rescue operations.
