Days After Balasore Accident, Another Goods Train Derails in Odisha
NEW DELHI: On Monday morning, a cargo train from Dunguri, Odisha, for Bargarh derailed. Near Sambardhara in the Bargarh area, a number of the limestone-laden goods train's waggons derailed. Exactly three days before to the tragedy, a terrible triple train catastrophe in Odisha lost at least 275 people.
It's unclear why the train derailed right now. Three days have passed since the Coromandel disaster, one of India's most tragic train accidents since Independence, when the freight train derailed. An investigation by the CBI into the disaster, which was most likely caused by a "signalling failure," has been urged by railway minister Ashwini Vainshnaw.
According to several sources, the cement firm owns the train, and the line is exclusively utilised to bring limestone to the production facility.
Senior cement industry officials and police officers hurried to the scene after learning of the occurrence to begin an investigation.
In the meantime, the Railway department has clarified that it is not involved in the situation because a private cement business is responsible for maintaining the infrastructure.
Three trains slammed one after another in a tragic sequence in the Balasore area in one of India's deadliest train accidents. Approximately 250 kilometres south of Kolkata and 170 kilometres north of Bhubaneswar, the crash involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a cargo train happened around 7 p.m. near the Bahanaga Bazar station.
The Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, which was travelling in the direction of Chennai, derailed, causing the terrible catastrophe. The Coromandel Express's rear carriage veered off onto the third track as a result of the collision with a cargo train on the next track. The coaches that had derailed were struck by the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express as it approached from the third track's opposing direction.
The Balasore train disaster investigation has been recommended by the Railway Board for the CBI. It is probable that the electronic interlocking system has been "sabotaged" and tampered with after the Railways ruled out driver error and system malfunction. Compensation for the victims has been announced by the Odisha government, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and the prime minister of India.
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