Rail accidents seem to have become a recurring phenomenon in the country. Monday evening witnessed another mishap, where the engine of Burhwal-Balamau passenger train derailed at Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The railway and police officials rushed to the spot. However, no casualties have been reported.
Three wagons of a goods train jumped off the track near Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district on Sunday. In a separate incident, a passenger train crashed into an auto-rickshaw at an unarmed rail crossing in Srikona, Assam on Sunday, that killed three people in the rickshaw.
Last week, one coach of the Jammu Tawi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed as it was entering the New Delhi station. On 7 September, the engine and power car of the Ranchi-Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed near Minto Bridge in Delhi. On the same day (Sep 7), seven carriages of the Shaktipunj Express had derailed in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district.
