3 dead after Patna-bound Vasco Da Gama train derails in UP's Chitrakoot
Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh): Three people died and nine others were injured after a passenger train derailed early on Friday morning near Uttar Pradesh’s Banda.
Confirming the casualties, Chitrakoot SP Pratap Gopendra Singh said a father-son duo from Bettiah district of Bihar died on the spot while the third person died at a hospital.
"Of those injured, two were serious and admitted to district hospital, Chitrakoot. Seven with minor injuries are being treated at Manikpur," Singh said.
The Patna-bound Vasco Da Gama Express (12741) derailed at 4:18 am, soon after leaving platform number 2 of the Manikpur Railway station in Chitrakoot district, about 250 km from Lucknow, he said.
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal announces exgratia compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to kin of dead in the derailment and Rs 1 lakh for those with grievous injuries.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the family members of those killed in the train derailment in Chitrakoot district.
Adityanath has also declared Rs 50,000 for each of the seriously injured and Rs 25,000 for those who suffered minor injuries, an official release said.
According to ADG (Law and Order), Anand Kumar, prima facie it appears that fractured railway track is the cause of accident as per local assessment.
Providing a breakup of the derailed coaches, North Central Railway PRO Amit Malviya said, the coaches which jumped off the rails were coaches numbered S3-S11, two general coaches and two extra coaches.
"The injured have been rushed to the hospital and officials have left for the spot. Relief operations are underway," North Central Railway PRO Amit Malviya said.
He further said that soon after the accident, a medical train reached the spot and by 5:20 am, an accident relief train was dispatched for the spot.
The divisional railway manager (DRM), Allahabad has already reached the spot while the General Manager, NCR is on his way, he said.
Movement of trains was disrupted on the Patna-Allahabad route after the derailment.
The train derailment in Chitrakoot comes less than 12 hours after a bolero had collided with a passenger train near Lucknow killing four and injuring two.
With inputs from PTI.
