Trivedi announces jobs,officials say no such provision

The recruitments are done by the Railway Board. There is no provision for jobs under compensatory grounds for people killed in accidents. Though jobs were offered by various ministers none of them has materialised yet, said a senior railway official.

Another official explained that these announcements were made as good gestures by the ministers and they were working on a change in the recruitment rules that could help them accommodate such jobs. It is a tedious process to change the recruitment rules and this could also take time. Till then nothing can be done, said the official.

Trivedi,who is on his way to Fatehpur,will travel to Rangia in Assam where the Guwahati-Puri Express had also derailed on Sunday following a blast.

Rahul meets victims,calls for prompt relief

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi,who met those injured in the Kalka Mail accident at a hospital here,pulled up railway officials after the victims complained that they had not received the compensation that was promised. Rahul,who was accompanied by Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and senior officials,promised the victims and their families all possible help.