The incident took place on Wednesday night in Tarrem area when a joint team of security personnel was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation in forests on the tri-junction of Bijapur-Sukma-Dantewada districts.
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Two passengers and a sanitation staffer were injured after the head of a big drilling machine crashed into a moving train on the outskirts of Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur on Sunday, officials said.
The incident took place around 10 am when the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai)-bound Shalimar Express was passing through Urkura railway station ahead of the Raipur station, a railway public relations official here said.
Earlier, officials had said that a pole located near the tracks fell on the train. The piece of metal was later found to be a “drill machine reamer” which looks like a pole, the official said.
As the train reached Raipur station, rail personnel, including doctors rushed to the affected coach and administered first aid to the injured passengers, the official said.
The injured persons – train passengers Devari Dhivar (30) and Somil Mandal (12) and sanitation staffer Narayan Chandra Bag – were then admitted to a government hospital here, he said.
“The investigation into the accident revealed that it was not a pole. Rather, it was a reamer of a horizontal directional drilling (HDD) machine engaged in drilling work by the state-run electricity company,” the PRO said.
The electricity company was conducting drilling operations beneath the railway tracks. The machine’s reamer was being pulled out when the train was passing through Urkura. But it unexpectedly came out of the ground and hit the train, he said.
The reamer scraped three AC (B4, B5 and B6) and one sleeper (S2) coaches, damaging window pans, and injuring three persons besides causing scratches on the bogies.
The train left for its destination around noon, the official said.
“The state’s electricity department was carrying out unauthorised work and the safety of human lives was compromised. Further investigation into the incident is underway,” the official added.
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DURG: 4 employees have been injured when a fireplace broke out in a piece of Bhilai Metal Plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district on Tuesday, an reputable stated.
The incident happened round 3.15 pm, when the sufferers have been operating in metal melting store (SMS) no.2 on the plant in Bhilai the town, a public family members officer of the plant stated.
4 contractual employees sustained burn accidents within the incident, he stated.
The blaze used to be quickly doused and an enquiry has been initiated to determine the reason for it, the reputable added.
As according to a commentary issued by way of the plant control, the fireplace broke out within the water and air tunnel house of caster no.6 of the metal melting store.
“This brought about burn accidents to 4 contractual labourers operating there,” it stated.
The commentary learn that the injured have been instantly shifted to the principle scientific submit of the plant, from the place they have been referred to sector-9 medical institution and admitted to the burn unit.
A police group additionally reached the plant on being alerted in regards to the incident, it used to be mentioned.
DURG: 4 employees have been injured when a fireplace broke out in a piece of Bhilai Metal Plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district on Tuesday, an reputable stated.
The incident happened round 3.15 pm, when the sufferers have been operating in metal melting store (SMS) no.2 on the plant in Bhilai the town, a public family members officer of the plant stated.
4 contractual employees sustained burn accidents within the incident, he stated.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The blaze used to be quickly doused and an enquiry has been initiated to determine the reason for it, the reputable added.
As according to a commentary issued by way of the plant control, the fireplace broke out within the water and air tunnel house of caster no.6 of the metal melting store.
“This brought about burn accidents to 4 contractual labourers operating there,” it stated.
The commentary learn that the injured have been instantly shifted to the principle scientific submit of the plant, from the place they have been referred to sector-9 medical institution and admitted to the burn unit.
A police group additionally reached the plant on being alerted in regards to the incident, it used to be mentioned.