Another train derails in Odisha 3 days after massive tragedy
What's the story
A goods train derailed in Odisha's Bargarh district on Monday, barely three days after the state witnessed one of the worst train accidents in Balasore district, killing nearly 290 people and injuring over 900 others on Friday, NDTV reported.
East Coast Railway officials said the goods train belongs to a private cement factory ACC.
Initial reports suggest no casualties have been reported so far.
Twitter Post
Watch: Video of suspected accident site
#WATCH | Some wagons of a goods train operated by a private cement factory derailed inside the factory premises near Mendhapali of Bargarh district in Odisha. There is no role of Railways in this matter: East Coast Railway pic.twitter.com/x6pJ3H9DRC
— ANI (@ANI) June 5, 2023
Probe
Odisha Police begin probe, no causality reported: Report
According to India Today, the Odisha Police has already reached the spot and begun a probe.
Officials claimed that the line on which the train derailed is not connected with the Indian Railway system but is a private line between the Dungri limestone mines and the ACC cement plant in Bargarh.
They also claimed that no casualties or injuries were reported in the accident.
Statement
Nothing to do with the latest accident: Indian Railways
Detailing the accident, the East Coast Railway said some wagons of a goods train operated by a private cement factory derailed inside the factory premises near Mendhapali, but that the Indian Railways had no role in the latest accident.
"All the infrastructure including rolling stock, engine, wagons, train tracks (narrow gauge) are being maintained by the company," it added.
Odisha accident
Accident happened 500 km from Odisha's worst crash site
According to reports, the latest accident happened approximately 500 kilometers away from Balasore district, where three trains crashed one after the other in a horrible sequence on Friday.
The disaster involving a Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, a Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a cargo train happened at 7:00pm near the Bahanaga Bazar station, roughly 250 kilometers south of Kolkata and 170 kilometers north of Bhubaneswar.