Six killed as Delhi-bound Mandore Express derails

Agencies Tags : Mandor Express, Train derail, Jatwara station, Jaipur Posted: Saturday , Nov 14, 2009 at 1344 hrs Jaipur:

Eleven coaches of the train derailed at 1:30 am near Banshkov Railway station.

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The Delhi-bound Mandore Express derailed with some portion of the track piercing its AC compartment, leaving six passengers dead and 19 others injured in the wee hours in Bassi town near Jaipur in the wee hours of Saturday.

Eleven coaches of the train derailed at 1:30 am near Banshkov Railway station, 40 kms from here, after the train left the Pink City, North West Railway sources said.

Following the derailment, a portion of the tracks pierced the AC compartment and probably hit the passengers, they said.

Welders are being used to remove the iron rods. While three of the dead have been identified as Sonal Singh (18) of New Delhi, S Kumar of Jodhpur and Ujjawal Vadhwa (27) of Jaipur, three bodies are yet to be identified.

Ninenteen of the injured, including a New Zealand national Ana Elizabeth, have been admitted to the SMS Hospital in Jaipur.

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Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced an exgratia of Rs 5 lakh to the next of the kin of those killed. An exgratia of Rs one l lakh would be given to the seriously injured and Rs 10,000 to passengers who have received minor injuries, a North West Railway Spokesman said.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also announced a compensation of Rs two lakh to the next of the kin of the deceased and Rs one lakh to those seriously injured.

A sum of Rs 50,000 will be given to those who have received minor injuries. West zone railway protection commissioner Prashant Kumar and GM NWR R M Verma have left for the accident site.

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Carrot By: Nazeer Ataullah | 15-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Genrally accidents takes place due to human faults such as unattentiveness, laziness etc. The disappearing of Laloo's fear could be a reason for employee's slackness. Time to review and correct our system instead blaming each other. What is required is carrot and stick approach.

Laloo and Railway Accidents.By: P.H.Bhanage | 15-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward There may be some truth in what Adab says.Mismanagement/alleged profit made by Railways during Laloo regime may be responsible for present spate of accidents.I happened to discuss the issue with a very highly placed,recently retired railway official,from technical wing who feared that practices followed by Laloo like increase in Axle Weight could lead to long term safety issues. This however does not mean we can tolerate mismanagement,due to neglect,by Madam Mamta.This really underlines the need to have Technocrats at the helm of certain departments like Railways/Civil Aviation/Road Building(like Khanduri of NDA)etc.

cost cuts result in accidents By: rajneesh sharma | 14-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward It is the direct result of cost cuts i.e. poor manitenance, cheap materials. yes it does increase profits which did happen under the tenure of last rm lalu. I work in the railway in uk so I know from my experience that cheap materials and poor maintenance are the reasons for accidents and the outcome takes some time usually 2 to 3 years. Thats why you people are seeing the accidents on the railway now and you will see more in near future unless a huge investment is done and full safety and maintenance checks are carried out at with utmost priority. This is the action current RM can take and save lives.

It's not the fault of railway ministers, It's the whole bloddy rigid system that is responsibleBy: Vishal Srivastav | 14-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Well, everyone knows and compares rail accidents as the faults of the rail ministers at the same time why don't u think that the ministers don't go to repair the tracks, it's the employees that go to repair and if they perform their duties up to the marks and off course get properly supervised then these brainless and idiot politicians won't even have to be given importance accept the financial issues.........god bless the souls of the innocent people.

What are the professional responsibilities of CBI ?By: Devji kumar | 14-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward It appears that Mrs B has more than enough on her hands, so the alternatives are either W Bengal position or Railway minister but not both and not at same time, because the lives of the nation's railway passengers are as valuable as the citizens of W. Bengal. The other point is the previous Railway Minister, Mr L. and his chamchas should be investigated for sabotage and endangering lives of the railway passengers. Its obvious that Mr L wants to shine in the tragic events by claiming that the previous RM did a better job than the present PM, without taking into account the working and living conditions in the state of Bihar. What are the professional responsibilities of CBI ? What independent investigations does the organisation carry out ? Has CBI checked the swiss account, assets and property owned directly and indirectly by Mr L. in and outside on India ?

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