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India rail crash: Trains derail in Madhya Pradesh flash flood
HARDA (MP): Several passengers were feared dead when two express trains on Tuesday night derailed while crossing a bridge on swollen Machak river near Harda in Madhya Pradesh, senior district officials said.
Kamayani Express enroute to Varanasi from Mumbai derailed near Harda, about 160kms from Bhopal, around 11.45pm while the Janata Express derailed around the same time.
"There was water on tracks and the bridge was submerged. So the last bogies of Kamayani Express got derailed. Simultaneously, on the other track the engines and coaches of the Janata Express also got derailed," Railway spokesperson Anil Saxena said.
He said that some casualties are feared.
Harda district collector Rajnish Shrivastava told PTI that derailment took place near Khirkiya and Harda station on Machak river.
Some bogies and engines of both the trains are in water, he said.
Hoshangabad division commissioner V K Batham said that Janata Express also derailed at the same spot on its way to Mumbai from Jabalpur.
A relief train carrying collector, SP, doctors and other railway staff is on the way, he said.
"Rushing emergency medical and other relief personnel to spot. darkness, water creating hurdles but ordered all possible help. Trying our best (sic), " Railway minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted.
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HARDA (MP): Several passengers were feared dead when two express trains on Tuesday night derailed while crossing a bridge on swollen Machak river near Harda in Madhya Pradesh, senior district officials said.
Kamayani Express enroute to Varanasi from Mumbai derailed near Harda, about 160kms from Bhopal, around 11.45pm while the Janata Express derailed around the same time.
"There was water on tracks and the bridge was submerged. So the last bogies of Kamayani Express got derailed. Simultaneously, on the other track the engines and coaches of the Janata Express also got derailed," Railway spokesperson Anil Saxena said.
He said that some casualties are feared.
Harda district collector Rajnish Shrivastava told PTI that derailment took place near Khirkiya and Harda station on Machak river.
Some bogies and engines of both the trains are in water, he said.
Hoshangabad division commissioner V K Batham said that Janata Express also derailed at the same spot on its way to Mumbai from Jabalpur.
A relief train carrying collector, SP, doctors and other railway staff is on the way, he said.
"Rushing emergency medical and other relief personnel to spot. darkness, water creating hurdles but ordered all possible help. Trying our best (sic), " Railway minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted.
@Bussard Ramjet @anant_s @Echo_419 @AndrewJin