Utkal Express badly derailed near the Muzaffar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. So far 23 people have died in the incident. After getting information about the incident, the Railway Administration, Local Police, NDRF team is engaged in relief and rescue work on the spot.
#Utkalexpress के यात्री का बयान, घटनास्थल की स्थिति बहुत खराब है! @RailMinIndia #Muzaffarnagar pic.twitter.com/vEwp2jVrFS
— UttarPradesh.ORG News (@WeUttarPradesh) August 19, 2017
From UP to Center’s Machinery Rescue Work:
- CM instructed that all nearby hospitals should treat the victims of this accident for free.
- Furthermore, CM Yogi Adityanath spoke to the District Magistrate and instructed the affected people for every possible relief.
- Suresh Rana and Mr. Satish Mahana were instructed to reach the train accident site in Muzaffarnagar as soon as possible.
- Union Health Minister JP Nadda has assured all possible assistance by talking to Health Minister Siddhartha Nath Singh, Health Minister of UP Health Ministry.
- With the help of a crane at the event site, the train and coaches are re positioned.
Negligence or terror plot:
- At the same time, the principal secretary of UP has said that 23 bodies have been recovered.
- Relief and rescue operations are being carried out with the help of local people and district administration.
- At the same time, ADG Railway BK Maurya said that the number of people who died could be higher.
- Passengers traveling in this train expressed their terrifying experience of the accident site.
- There is still doubt about the causes of the accident.
- It is being said that the repair of the tracks was going on.
- While it is also said that the tracks were found chopped.
- ATS is also involved in investigating the case in every way and is looking for clues.
#मुजफ्फरनगर एसएसपी अंनत देव भी बचाव कार्य में जुटे! @RailMinIndia #Muzaffarnagar #Utkalexpress pic.twitter.com/wej16rAa99
— UttarPradesh.ORG News (@WeUttarPradesh) August 19, 2017
PM expresses grief:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the rail accident.
- He said that the government of the UP and the Center is engaged in rescue work.
- The injured are expected to be healthy soon.
- He also said that the railway is keeping an eye on the accident.
- The team of NDRF reached the accident site on time.
- More than 50 people have been injured in the train accident and 23 killed.
- Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
- Ambulance and rescue workers are present on the spot.
- At the same time, the wagon has been cut off and the passengers are being pulled out.
- It is believed to be the second major accident after the Kanpur train accident.