4 coaches of Secunderabad Express derailed..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
4 coaches of secunderabad Express derailed..!?
 South Eastern Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Omprakash Charan confirmed that there were no injuries or casualties in the accident. Secunderabad-Shalimar Superfast Express (Train No. 22850) derailed near Nalpur railway station in Howrah, West bengal early on saturday morning. Three coaches of this train derailed. Around 5:31 am, the train was switching from the middle track to the lower track when two passenger coaches including a B1 coach and a parcel van coach derailed. Omprakash Charan, Chief Public Relations Officer of South Eastern Railway, confirmed that there were no injuries or casualties in the accident.
Following the train accident, emergency relief trains and medical aid were immediately dispatched from nearby Chandrakachi and Kharagpur stations. "At 5:31 am, the Secunderabad-Shalimar weekly express train derailed from the middle track to the lower track. A parcel van and two passenger coaches were derailed.
 No major injury or casualty was reported," saran said. The authorities organized ten buses to ensure that the passengers continued their journey to Kolkata. According to Om Prakash Saran, buses were immediately arranged to transport passengers from the derailment site to their destinations.
In the past few years, train accidents have been happening in many places from time to time. 351 people have died and 970 have been injured in 200 train accidents in the last five years, data from the indian Railways has revealed. Meanwhile, the incident has again raised concerns about rail safety.
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