Write an report on train accident of Bhopal express in newspaper
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Another Railway Negligence, Derailment of Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express Kanpur
Reported by: Suprity Acharyya, Staff Reporter, TOI
April 21, 2020; Kanpur: It was 20 April 2020, Saturday at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh the massive rail accident occurred as the Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express derailed, and 13 people got injured.
It was during 12:30 pm when the train was boarded by 900 passengers and it was in Rooma in Maharajpur area, which is 12 km from Kanpur where the accident took place. There were no casualties found later in the incident.
The train has 12 coaches which include 10 passenger coaches, 1 pantry car, and the later the power coach. The train was at the speed of 100km/hour when the incident took place and major coaches deflected which include S8, S9, B1-B5, A1, A2, HA1, pantry car, and an SLR (luggage bogie) among them few were AC coaches, sated by the railway authority.
It was noted that the train was 1 hour 12 minutes late from its original time. Further, no cases of serious injuries and no death were reported. Loose coupling of the train was stated to be the reason for the accident.
The police officials including the district magistrate, senior superintendent of police, and other officials reported the site of the accident. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team having 45 persons were also seen rescuing the stuck passengers.
Accident Relief Train (ART) and Accident Relief Medical Equipment (ARME) were arranged for the injured passenger and a special train was arranged to shift the passengers from Poorva Express and at 5:45 the assigned train left for New Delhi.
Immediately the restoration work was taken off by the CPRO North Central Railways which said, it will take a few hours for the completion of the work.