‘No lessons learnt’: Rahul Gandhi criticises Centre on Mysuru-Darbhanga train collision

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the Union government had not learnt lessons from past incidents after 13 coaches of the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express train derailed following a collision with a stationary goods train in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district.

A fire also broke out in two coaches of the express train after the collision at the Kavaraipettai railway station on Friday evening.

No deaths have been reported so far, PTI reported quoting the Railway Board. However, at least 19 persons were injured, India Today quoted unidentified officials as saying.

Following the collision, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said that the state government was “working fast in rescue and relief work”.

Stalin added that the injured persons were taken to the hospital. “The fire department is engaged in the work of removing the accident train coaches,” he said on social media. “I am continuing to monitor the rescue operations.”

திருவள்ளூர் மாவட்டம் கவரைப்பேட்டையில் இரயில் விபத்து நடந்ததை அறிந்து அதிர்ச்சியடைந்தேன்.

தகவல் கிடைக்கப்பெற்றவுடன், மாண்புமிகு அமைச்சர் @Avadi_Nasar அவர்களையும் மற்றும் மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர் உள்ளிட்ட அரசு அதிகாரிகளையும் விபத்து நடந்த இடத்திற்குச் செல்ல உத்தரவிட்டேன்.

மீட்பு மற்றும்…— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) October 11, 2024

Dilip Kumar, executive director, information and publicity of the Railway Board, said that “more than 95% passengers” had been evacuated from the affected coaches. “So far, we haven’t received any information about any casualty or grievous injury,” PTI quoted Kumar as...

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