Two dead and 35 injured are the toll of today’s derailment of a passenger train in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India, according to a report released by the state railway organization (Indian Railways). “Two people were killed,” Pankaj Kumar Singh, a spokesman for the company that runs India’s rail network, told AFP. The head of rescue services in Uttar Pradesh state, Nevin Kumar, told AFP that three of the 35 injured were in critical condition. He underlined that the operation at the point of the derailment has been completed and that there are no others trapped in the carriages of the train. 21 million travel daily Four coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express overturned when the train derailed near Gonda district, more than 100 km from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. India’s railway network spans 64,000 kilometers and serves more than 21 million travelers daily. Between 2017 and 2021, around 20,000 people lost their lives every year […]
Source: News Beast
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