Chhattisgarh: Toll in Bilaspur train collision increases to 11

The toll in the collision of a passenger train with a goods train near the Bilaspur railway station in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday rose to 11, ANI reported on Wednesday, quoting the South East Central Railway. Twenty persons were also injured in the accident.

Two to three persons remain stuck in the wreckage and authorities were cutting open the train coach to rescue them, The Indian Express reported.

The accident had occurred at about 4 pm while the Mainline Electric Multiple Unit passenger train, typically used for short distances, was travelling to Bilaspur from Gevra Road in the neighbouring Korba district.

Bilaspur Collector Sanjay Agrawal told The Indian Express that the last coach of the goods train dashed into the first coach of the passenger.

Bilaspur Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Suskar Vipul Vilasrao said that one train running behind another on the same track was part of normal operations, The Hindu reported.

However, the exact reason for the collision could be established only after an inquiry by the commissioner of railway safety, he added.

Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the families of those who died, ANI reported. “The injured will be given free treatment, and Rs 50,000 will also be given to them,” he added.

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