Category: India

crashed freight train

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Passengers’ lives were saved from colliding with the derailed goods train on the Katni-Damoh track. Rail traffic was stopped for more than 12 hours. Officials and employees were busy repairing the track by removing the carriages of the goods train.

Naiduniya, Jabalpur (Jabalpur News). Eight coaches of a goods train loaded with coal derailed on Katni-Damoh track on Wednesday evening. Passenger train 09060 coming from Patharia towards the accident site had about 1500 passengers on board. The train’s engine driver Sunil Srivastava showed alertness and prevented the accident. He suspected that a major accident had occurred on the track. He immediately applied emergency brakes with the help of assistant loco pilot Uday Raj.

Loco Pilot, Assistant Loco Pilot and TM honored

In this rail accident that happened on Wednesday, the officers and employees of Jabalpur Railway Division were busy in repairing the track by removing the coaches of the goods train. This information was received on Friday, after which the loco pilot, assistant loco pilot and TM Santosh Kumar Lodhi of train 09060 were honored on Saturday.

Investigation of the incident has begun – there was a fault in the track

On Wednesday evening, after eight coaches of a goods train fell on Aslana station, both the up and down tracks were badly damaged. During this time, rail traffic on both the lines was stopped for more than 12 hours. More than 100 passenger trains were affected and the routes of many trains were changed. Jabalpur Railway Division suffered a loss of crores due to this incident. However, the railway administration has not yet clarified the reason for the accident.

DRM Vivek Sheel formed a committee to investigate J grade

To investigate the incident, DRM Vivek Sheel has formed a J grade investigation committee, which will find out the main reason of the incident. According to the railway administration, initially the reason for the derailment of the goods train bogies is a fault in the joints of the track.

Negligence in track repairs

The Railway Engineering Department repairs the tracks, but there is constant negligence in this too. A major accident happened due to this negligence. If sources are to be believed, crores have been spent on paper in the name of maintenance of most of the tracks of Jabalpur Railway Division, but not on the tracks.

Stray dogs fighting among devotees at the Ganesh Mandap of Mahakal Temple.

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Stray dogs keep roaming in the Mahakal temple premises. Despite the presence of security personnel at the gate, they entered inside. The fight between the dogs could have caused a stampede in the temple.

Ujjain (Mahakal Mandir Ujjain). The terror of stray dogs is not ending in Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple. A video of Friday night is going viral on social media, in which three dogs are fighting with each other in the Ganesh Mandap. Devotees were seen running here and there to save their lives out of fear.

Earlier also, stray dogs have bitten devotees many times in the Mahakal temple premises. The Municipal Corporation has launched many campaigns to drive them out and catch them, but no effect is visible.

There could have been a stampede

A large number of devotees are reaching Mahakal temple in the month of Sawan. In the video that is going viral on social media, dogs are fighting among themselves. Devotees standing nearby are running here and there in fear. This could have caused a stampede here.

Devotees stand in Ganesh Mandapam and have darshan

The latest example of the kind of facilities being provided to the devotees inside the temple by the Mahakaleshwar Temple Committee was seen on Friday night. Ganesh Mandapam has been set up inside the temple to have darshan of Jyotirlinga. Devotees have darshan of Lord Mahakal by standing in the Ganesh Mandapam.

Dogs entered the temple before Shayan Aarti

In such a situation, the terror of three stray dogs was seen in Ganesh Mandapam on Friday night. Here, at 10 o’clock in the night before Shayan Aarti, the dogs were seen fighting among themselves. All three dogs were biting each other. In such a situation, an atmosphere of panic was seen among the devotees.

Devotees ran away to save their lives

Devotees were seen running to save their lives. Thankfully, the dogs did not bite any devotee. It should be mentioned here that in the past, devotees have been bitten by these dogs many times in the temple premises itself. Seeing this terror of dogs inside the temple, it has also become clear how much the Mahakal Temple Committee is concerned about the safety of the devotees.

The responsibility of looking after the Mahakal temple lies with the temple committee. Apart from this, the temple committee also deputes private security agencies, temple committee employees and policemen. Despite this, the occurrence of such incidents is bringing shame to the temple.

Moisture is coming from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

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Monsoon trough is passing through Madhya Pradesh, heavy rains occurred in Jabalpur, Khajuraho, Umriya, moderate rains will continue in the state

Naiduniya Representative, Bhopal: A new low pressure area has formed in the Bay of Bengal. The monsoon trough is also passing through Madhya Pradesh. According to meteorologists, due to the effect of these weather systems, rainfall activities are likely to increase in Madhya Pradesh from Tuesday.

On Friday, from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Indore received 10 mm rainfall, Naugaon received 9 mm rainfall, Seoni and Ratlam received 4 mm rainfall, Jabalpur, Khajuraho, Umiriya and Malajkhand received 2 mm rainfall and Guna received 1 mm rainfall. According to the information received from the Meteorological Centre, the monsoon trough is currently passing through Phalodi, Vanasthali, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Ranchi, West Bengal and reaching the Bay of Bengal.

weather system active

A low pressure area has formed over the Bay of Bengal and West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh. A cyclone is also associated with it in the upper part of the air. A cyclone is also present in the upper part of the air over Gujarat and adjoining southern Rajasthan.

Former senior meteorologist of Meteorological Centre, Ajay Shukla said that due to the effect of weather systems formed at different places, moisture is coming from the Bay of Bengal as well as the Arabian Sea. Due to this, there is intermittent rainfall in different areas of the state.

The rain will continue

On the other hand, the low pressure area formed in the Bay of Bengal is expected to reach West Bengal and the adjoining Gangetic region in two days and turn into a very low pressure area and move towards Jharkhand. Due to its effect, rainfall activities may increase once again in the state. Before that, there is also a possibility of light to moderate rainfall continuing in the entire state.