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UP train mishap: Death toll rises to 68
Zafar Irshad
Fatehpur, Jul 11 (PTI) In India, 30 more bodies
including that of two Swedish nationals were extricated on
Monday from the mangled compartments of the ill-fated
Delhi-bound Kalka Mail taking the the toll in Sunday's
derailment to 68.
"Rescue and relief operations by the police, army and
National Disaster Response team are over. 68 people were
killed in the derailment in Malwan," Special Director General
of Police Brij Lal told reporters in Lucknow.
"Of the 68 killed, 46 have been identified and 19
bodies have been claimed by the kin of the victims," he said.
14 women are among the dead.
He said 249 people were injured in the accident of
which 103 were admitted to the district hospital and private
nursing homes in Fatehpur, 68 in Kanpur, 13 in Allahabad and 2
in Lucknow.
"Rest of the 63 persons were discharged after first
aid," he added.
Fatehpur Superintendent of Police Ram Bharose said
two Swedish nationals were among the dead. They are Eric
Anders Rurik (21) and Richer Carl Victor (22). Another Swedish
national Ocar Hultman (22) was being treated for injuries.
H C Joshi, General Manager, North Central Railway,
said the tracks will be cleared by tomorrow.
Minister of state for Railways KH Muniappa, who met
the injured at the district hospital in Fatehpur, refused to
comment on the reasons for the train tragedy, saying it would
be better to speak about them only after the completion of the
high-level inquiry which has already been ordered.
The derailment took place at 12.20 PM yesterday when
the packed train from Howrah reached near Malwan station,
nearly 120 kms from Lucknow. The train was moving at a speed
of 108 km/hour.
Rescue operations continued through the night to
extricate the trapped passengers and bodies from the badly
damaged AC and other compartments.
Munniappa, who accompanied UP governor BL Joshi to the
hospital, said that at the moment it was necessary that every
possible help is extended to the affected families.
A special train that left Kanpur carrying 167
passengers of the ill-fated train reached New Delhi this
morning.
At the accident site, Railway Board Chairman Vinay
Mittal said by tomorrow morning, the Howrah-Delhi route should
be cleared off.
He said an inquiry by the Chief Commissioner of
Railway Safety (Lucknow) Prashant Kumar has been ordered into
the incident.
Mittal said there was no fault in the track and the
cabinman had told him that when the train was close to pole
number 927/23, its engine started shaking and emitting smoke,
after which the mishap took place.
According to preliminary investigations, the signals
were functioning normally and the fish plates on the tracks
were intact, Mittal said.
While some of the bogies had toppled, others were
turned into a mangled heap of metal. Gas cutters and other
equipment were used to slice through the metal in the AC and
other coaches to rescue the trapped passengers.
Fatehpur, Jul 11 (PTI) In India, 30 more bodies
including that of two Swedish nationals were extricated on
Monday from the mangled compartments of the ill-fated
Delhi-bound Kalka Mail taking the the toll in Sunday's
derailment to 68.
"Rescue and relief operations by the police, army and
National Disaster Response team are over. 68 people were
killed in the derailment in Malwan," Special Director General
of Police Brij Lal told reporters in Lucknow.
"Of the 68 killed, 46 have been identified and 19
bodies have been claimed by the kin of the victims," he said.
14 women are among the dead.
He said 249 people were injured in the accident of
which 103 were admitted to the district hospital and private
nursing homes in Fatehpur, 68 in Kanpur, 13 in Allahabad and 2
in Lucknow.
"Rest of the 63 persons were discharged after first
aid," he added.
Fatehpur Superintendent of Police Ram Bharose said
two Swedish nationals were among the dead. They are Eric
Anders Rurik (21) and Richer Carl Victor (22). Another Swedish
national Ocar Hultman (22) was being treated for injuries.
H C Joshi, General Manager, North Central Railway,
said the tracks will be cleared by tomorrow.
Minister of state for Railways KH Muniappa, who met
the injured at the district hospital in Fatehpur, refused to
comment on the reasons for the train tragedy, saying it would
be better to speak about them only after the completion of the
high-level inquiry which has already been ordered.
The derailment took place at 12.20 PM yesterday when
the packed train from Howrah reached near Malwan station,
nearly 120 kms from Lucknow. The train was moving at a speed
of 108 km/hour.
Rescue operations continued through the night to
extricate the trapped passengers and bodies from the badly
damaged AC and other compartments.
Munniappa, who accompanied UP governor BL Joshi to the
hospital, said that at the moment it was necessary that every
possible help is extended to the affected families.
A special train that left Kanpur carrying 167
passengers of the ill-fated train reached New Delhi this
morning.
At the accident site, Railway Board Chairman Vinay
Mittal said by tomorrow morning, the Howrah-Delhi route should
be cleared off.
He said an inquiry by the Chief Commissioner of
Railway Safety (Lucknow) Prashant Kumar has been ordered into
the incident.
Mittal said there was no fault in the track and the
cabinman had told him that when the train was close to pole
number 927/23, its engine started shaking and emitting smoke,
after which the mishap took place.
According to preliminary investigations, the signals
were functioning normally and the fish plates on the tracks
were intact, Mittal said.
While some of the bogies had toppled, others were
turned into a mangled heap of metal. Gas cutters and other
equipment were used to slice through the metal in the AC and
other coaches to rescue the trapped passengers.
