crashed freight train
Highlights
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.